BWSSB official caught taking bribe

January 18, 2017 05:06 pm | Updated 05:06 pm IST - Bengaluru

Officials of the Anti Corruption Bureau on Wednesday trapped a junior engineer attached to Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board while accepting a bribe of Rs. 25,000 to accord permission for a new connection of water supply.

The accused, Channakeshava working in Nagarabhavi sub-division, has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and remanded to judicial custody.

According to the ACB officials, the accused had demanded bribe from a civil contractor who had applied for a new water supply and sewerage connection for his upcoming commercial complex.

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