Officials of Anti Corruption Bureau on Thursday trapped an assistant engineer of Bescom while accepting a bribe to permit shifting of an electrical pole at Marathahalli.
The accused, Nagaraj N., was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and remanded to judicial custody.
Nagaraj had demanded Rs. 2 lakh to give permission for shifting an electric pole. After negotiation he agreed to accord sanction for Rs. 1.75 lakh.
Based on a complaint, a team of ACB officials raided his office and caught Nagaraj while accepting the bribe.