Panchayat secretary booked on bribery charges in Ujjain
Lokayukta inspector Rajendra Verma said that on Friday, the applicant Ashok Dabi, a resident of Belkheda in Mahidpur tehsil, came to the Lokayukta office in Ujjain and lodged a complaint with superintendent of police Anil Vishwakarma.
He reported that a house under the chief minister's housing scheme was approved in the name of his grandmother, Kanchan Bai, in Jagoti village and the first instalment was received in their account a month ago.
When he approached the panchayat secretary, Dilip Sharma, for the next instalment, Sharma demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000. After confirming the complaint, the team sent the complainant with the bribe money to Sharma on Tuesday. The panchayat secretary was at his home in Mahudipura, where he asked Dabi to come. As Sharma took the bribe money and placed it in his trouser pocket, Lokayukta team apprehended him.
The team seized his trousers along with the bribe money.
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