ACB double trap: Asind civic EO held with `50,000 bribe

Bhilwara: The ACB caught Asind Municipality Executive Officer Pintulal Jat redhanded taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 in lieu of giving permission to build a house.

ACB ASP Brajraj Singh said that the complainant Devilal, a resident of Asind, had complained that he was to build a house and had applied to the municipality for construction approval for which the accused EO was demanding Rs 1.5 lakh bribe.

The complainant had already given Rs 1 lakh to the accused. The complainant was sent to the EO’s house with Rs 50,000 as bribe where the ACB arrested Jat with bribe amount.