Guwahati: Two government employees were arrested by the sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption of police for allegedly taking bribes in Assam’s Lakhimpur district on Friday.
The arrested employees were identified as Tarun Ch. Morang, Head Assistant of the Office of the Superintending Engineer and Samarjyoti Saikia, UDA, Office of the Superintending Engineer of Lakhimpur Water Resources Circle.
As per sources, a complaint was received at the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, alleging that a bribe of Rs 6,000 was demanded by Samarjyoti Saikia, UDA, Office of the Superintending Engineer, Water Resources Circle of the district from the complainant on behalf and for Tarun Ch. Morang, Head Assistant of the Office of the Superintending Engineer, for processing and issuing of Contractor’s License to the complainant.
Following a complaint, a trap was laid by a team from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.
As a result, Tarun Ch. Morang was caught red-handed along with the bribe money which was handed over to him by Samarjyoti Saikia, official added.
Meanwhile, both Tarun Ch. Morang and Samarjyoti Saikia have been apprehended. Accordingly, a case has been registered in ACB Police Station vide ACB P.S. Case No. 52/2022 U/S 120(B) IPC, R/W Sec 7(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) against Tarun Ch. Morang and Samarjyoti Saikia, official said.
