Gurugram, Nov. 14 -- A junior engineer of the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) was arrested allegedly while accepting a Rs.3 lakh bribe from an official of a private firm in Faridabad on Friday in exchange for facilitating the release of a Rs.3.46-crore payment, Haryana's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials said.

The accused, identified as Surender Kumar, 49, was posted in Faridabad. ACB officials said a private firm had been awarded a Rs.10.5-crore contract to lay underground electricity feeder cables for domestic power supply in Sectors 76 and 78.

Officials said a bill of Rs.3.46 crore for work completed by the firm had been cleared and the amount sanctioned for payment. However, Kumar allegedly demanded Rs.7 lakh to facili...