Jammu, April 6 -- A junior engineer in the Power Development Department was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Gandhi Nagar area here on Sunday for taking bribe of Rs 75,000, officials said.

Anirudh Sharma, posted as JE in Sub-Division Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Limited (PDD), Katra, was booked under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act following his arrest, an ACB spokesperson said.

He said a search was also conducted in the accused's house in Jammu's Janipur in presence of a magistrate.

A complaint was received at ACB against the accused public servant, claiming that he is demanding bribes for replacement of electric meter and reducing the monthly electric bill, the spokesperson said.

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