Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Bhopal Lokayukta police on Wednesday arrested a sarpanch for taking bribe of Rs 20,000 for issuing a no objection certificate for construction work, police said. Lokayukta SP DK Rathore said complainant Suresh Thakur had constructed an overhead tank in Kolua village in Bilkharia, Bhopal district.
The contractor had completed the work and the bill of Rs 10 lakh was pending. The contractor approached sarpanch Suresh Parmar to issue NOC. The sarpanch demanded bribe of Rs 1 lakh to issue NOC.
The matter was reported to Lokayukta and after the verification of complaint, the trap team led by inspector Neelam Patwa, Mayuri Gour and others was formed. According to deal, sarpanch agreed to take the amount in three instalments and agreed to take first instalment of Rs 20,000. On Wednesday, as soon as the money was handed to sarpanch, the trap team caught him red- handed.
