PATNA, Nov. 10 -- The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) of the Bihar government caught an executive engineer of the road construction department (RCD) red-handed while he was demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.5 lakh from a contractor, officials said on Monday. The accused, identified as Ritesh Chandra Sinha, was posted as executive engineer at Madhubani and was arrested from his flat located in Shiv Parvati Grih Apartment in Patna late on Sunday. VIB sleuths additionally recovered Rs.6.11 lakh cash, share/investment related papers, seven bank passbooks, land/flat related documents, locker key, gold and silver ornaments from his Patna's flats during searches on Diwali. According to the VIB, the case was registered on Sunday, following a complaint by Arun Kumar Singh, a RCD contractor residing in Dehri-on-Sone in Rohtas alleged that he has got two road construction projects in the Madhubani Division including construction of 1.2 -km road between Madhubani-Rajnagar-Babubarhi-Khutauna a total cost of Rs.5.78 crore. About 90 per cent of the work has been completed and Rs.50 lakh has already been paid. The 2.4 km second project is the construction of a road through Stadium Chowk-Maharajganj Chowk and Suri High School a cost of Rs.13.48 crore. About 25 percent of the project has been completed and an amount of Rs.1.41 crore has already been paid. About Rs 6.50 crore was pending in both the projects. "The executive engineer demanded 19.5 lakh rupees as a three percent commission on the pending payment of 6.50 crore rupees. After negotiation, the accused agreed to receive Rs.5 lakh cash in the first instalment in advance on Diwali," said one VIB officer, adding that the complaint was verified by a DSP rank officer....