PATNA, Feb. 19 -- In its ongoing crackdown on corrupt government officials in Bihar, the Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Thursday caught a junior engineer red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs.9,000. The arrested engineer was posted at Sahebganj Nagar Parishad in Muzaffarpur district. The operation was led by a deputy superintendent of police, officials said.

According to the SVU, the junior engineer, identified as Aman Kumar, had allegedly demanded a bribe for executing work related to the Nagar Parishad. After receiving a complaint, the SVU verified the allegation, laid a trap, and caught him in the act. He is currently being interrogated by SVU officials.

Rajkumar Tiwari, a resident of Ward No. 12 (Gram-Nahi) under Sahebganj Nagar...