SURAT: In charge postmaster at Chikhli post office was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 on Thursday for releasing payment of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employement Guarantee Act (NREGA). Kiran Jain, the in charge post master, was trapped by anti corruption bureau (ACB), Navsari.
Minesh Patel, a contractor of NREGA approached ACB and complained that the postmaster was not releasing money of the people working under NREGA which was released by district administration. In his complaint Patel, who is working at a road construction site at Chikhli, earlier paid Rs 2,000 to Jain to release money of the labourers. But for releasing Rs 42,611 payment, he was demanding Rs 5,000 bribe.
To curb corruption and ensure that money under NREGA reaches beneficiaries, payment by cash was stopped and instead cheques are issued by district administration which are then sent to the local post office. After cheques are cleared, the money gets deposited in beneficiaries' account. But, Jain used to keep the cheques issued by district administration with him and intentionally delay deposit in accounts, the complaint stated.
Following the complaint, a trap was laid and Patel reached Chikhli post office to pay the bribe. No sooner Jain took it and put it in his pouch lying on his office table, he was nabbed.
Source : Times of India
No comments:
Post a Comment