Lokayukta Police, Jabalpur trapped a Junior Engineer of MP Poorva Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company while taking bribe of Rs 10,000 for providing relief in power pilferage case in Narsinghpur, on Wednesday. The accused has been identified as Nagendra Singh, posted as Junior Engineer, MPPKVVCL in Narsinghpur Rural. According to Lokayukta Police Jabalpur, an appellant named Kedar Patel lodged a complaint at office of Superintendent of Police, Lokayukta Jabalpur, Sanjay Sahu, that he is a farmer. On May 18, Junior Engineer, Nagendra Singh along with his team conducted raid at his farm and found power pilferage and online filed a case.

 

He contacted Nagendra Singh for providing some relief in payment of financial penalty when he demanded bribe of Rs 20,000. Acting on the complaint, SP, Lokayukta constituted a team and fielded the appellant for collecting evidences. Once the information was confirmed a team of Lokayukta Police Jabalpur trapped the accused while taking bribe of Rs 10,000 as first instalment from the appellant. Lokayukta police have registered a case against the corrupt government employee under relevant Sections of Prevention of Corruption Act while further investigations are underway. The accused was trapped with active working of Lokayukta police team led by DSP Surekha Parmar comprised of Inspector, Rekha Prajapati, Inspector, Kamal Singh Uike and others.