Indore, April 22 -- Madhya Pradesh Special Police Establishment, Lokayukta, caught three officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh from a road contractor in Indore district, an official said.

The accused have been identified as PWD Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Tarun Kumar Jain, Executive Engineer Jaydev Gautam, and Sub-Engineer Anshu Dubey.

According to officials, the accused had allegedly demanded Rs 3.5 lakh from contractor Rajpal Singh Pawar in exchange for clearing a pending bill of around Rs 30 lakh related to road construction work.

Lokayukta Inspector Ashutosh Mithas said the officials were caught during a coordinated trap operation.

"We have caught three PWD officials for tak...