Gram Development Officer captured bribes of 20 thousand rupees, the contractor paid - Gram Vikas Adhikari was arrested for bribes of 20,000 claims from the contractor

Updated: Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:25 am (IST) A village development officer was arrested while taking a bribe of Rs 20 thousand. The officer demanded a bribe to release the payment of the contractor. On the contractor’s complaint, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap and caught him with a red hand. A case is registered against the officer in terms of the Corruption Prevention Act. Jagran correspondent, Sitapur. Alok Kumar Goswami, village development officer at Gram Panchayat Biswan Dehat, was caught by a bribery of Rs 20 thousand by the anti-corruption team. The team took him to Lucknow. Alok Kumar Goswami had a payment for a long time. Despite repeated requests from the contractor, the payment is not made. They only talked about payment after receiving the bribe. The contractor complained about this for anti -corruption. Remove only ads Read news The team made a strategy to catch the village development officer with a red hands. Below, the contractor reached his home in Sattinpurwa on Thursday afternoon and handed over the money. On the other hand, the anti-corruption team arrived from behind and arrested him and took him to Lucknow. Alok Kumar Goswami, who was also convicted of the departmental investigation, has an old association with controversies. In the month of July, when he was the secretary of Gram Panchayat Benipur, MnRega workers accused him of irregularities. In the investigation of the Block Development Officer Biswan, the allegations are true. The BDO recommended to higher officials to pay wages to the workers from their salaries. On the other hand, in the year 2019, he was suspended for corruption during the deployment in Parsendi development block area. Second performance in a two weeks: The team against corruption did this second action in a week in the district. On September 30, Arun Kumar Sharma, in charge of the Chaudiya police post of Sidhauli Kotwali, was imprisoned with a bribe of Rs 10,000. After stopping at the Atria police station at night, she took him to Lucknow on the morning of September 30. These cases also came to light: On November 16, 2018, the executive of the Sitapur municipality, Nihal Chandra, was jailed to take a bribe of Rs 1 Lakh from a contractor. On March 18, 2021, Sadar Tehsil accountant Virendra Baliya was caught to take a bribe of tens of thousands of rupees from a villager. On August 07, 2024, Surderra Pratap Singh, Block Education Officer 1, was caught with Rs 15 of the principal. On August 19, 2024, the Assistant Clerk -esourie Ramesh Chandra Chaudhary was caught with thirty thousand rupes for the benefit of family pension. On October 1, 2024, Sunil Kumar Pal, junior engineer of the electricity department, was taken ten thousand rupees from a farmer at the Kasraila substation. The team against corruption caught the village development officer with a red hands. The team did not contact the local police. The team took the accused. -Aman Singh, area officer, twenty.