JAIPUR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested a JMC-Heritage councillor for accepting Rs 20,000 bribe to facilitate a building construction permit.
DG (ACB) B L Soni said councillor Zahid Nibran was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe.
ACB said that the accused had demanded a bribe of Rs 60,000 from the complainant for a permit for construction. The accused had earlier taken Rs 20,000 for the same work.
The complainant had approached the central probe agency alleging that the councillor was continuously demanding a bribe for permission.
The bureau continued a team led by an additional SP (ASP) rank official to ascertain allegations made against the councillor, who won as an independent candidate from ward number six of the JMC-Heritage.
Soni informed TOI that the accused had already taken a bribe of Rs 20,000 earlier during the verification drive.
“The local councillor is responsible for granting a no-objection certificate (NOC). The accused had first complained about the construction and then demanded a bribe for granting permission,” Soni said, adding that the complainant had approached the bureau to complain about the councillor for demanding a bribe.
“Allegations relating to the bribe were found to be true during the verification process. We laid a trap and arrested the accused while taking the bribe amount,” an official said, adding that the accused had so far taken a bribe of Rs 40,000 from the for the work.
Sources in the ACB said that the bureau was also examining if the accused had demanded bribes from other people too.
ACB officials were conducting searches at the house and other locations of the accused.
The accused has been arrested under relevant sections of the prevention of corruption act.
“Investigation into the case is underway and we are searching at the accused’s location,” an official said.
