On her first posting, Jharkhand government officer caught taking bribe, arrested
Jharkhand,July 18: A team of the Hazaribagh Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a government official red-handed while accepting a bribe. The official, identified as Mithali Sharma, was posted as an assistant registrar of the cooperative department in Jharkhand’s Koderma eight months ago. This was her first posting.
Mithali Sharma was arrested by the Hazaribagh ACB on July 7. The video and photos of her accepting the bribe are going viral on social media now, sparking widespread criticism.
The accused officer was captured on camera while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. (Photo: India Today)
Following the arrest, the ACB team took Mithali Sharma to Hazaribagh for further proceedings, while an investigation into the incident is underway.
Talking about the arrest, an ACB officer stated that Sharma had conducted a surprise inspection at the Koderma Vyapar Sahyog Samiti. She had found some discrepancies there during the inspection. She demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the authorities there in lieu of not taking action against them, the official said.
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A member of the organization, Rameshwar Prasad Yadav, filed a complaint with the ACB DG after being asked to pay the bribe.
The ACB team then carried out an investigation into the allegations and confirmed that Mitali Sharma had demanded Rs 20,000 from the committee. Subsequently, a case was registered, and a trap was set up.
On July 7, the surveillance team arrested Sharma red-handed while she was accepting Rs 10,000 as the first installment of the demanded bribe.
-The India Today
