Fire dept official arrested while accepting bribe of Rs.15k in sec 53
Gurugram, May 15 -- A fire department official was arrested on Thursday while accepting a bribe of Rs.15,000 from an accountant of a society on the Golf Course Road in Sector 53, officials said.
Officials said the arrest was made by the Haryana state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (ACB). The 38-year-old lead fireman was posted at the Sector 29 fire station, officials said. A senior ACB official said that the accountant was posted in the maintenance department of the society where a fire had broken out on April 13 this year.
"The fireman had threatened the accountant that he will submit a report mentioning that her negligence had resulted in the fire and demanded Rs.20,000 from her," the official said. ACB inspector Raj Karan, Gurugram unit, said that the victim filed a written complaint on Thursday.
ACB officials said the ACB team also recovered Rs.2.98 lakh cash from his car. "An FIR was filed against him under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 308(2) (extortion) of BNS," the official said....
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