DW BUREAU
In a major crackdown on corruption, the Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested District Welfare Officer (DWO) Lalchand red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 40,000 in Fatehabad district. The bribe was demanded through a private person, Ravinder Singh.

Giving details, an ACB spokesperson said that the ACB team laid a trap to nab the accused on the basis of information and was successful in catching him red-handed. The accused DWO Lalchand had demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant for availing the benefits of the government scheme 'Inter-caste Marriage Shagun Yojana'.

Out of this, Rs 10,000 had already been taken by the accused on March 7 through a private person named Ravinder Singh. The accused then demanded the remaining Rs 40,000 of the bribe, which he was caught red-handed taking by the ACB team. The entire proceedings were conducted with complete transparency in the presence of witnesses. Both the accused have been arrested in this case and are being

investigated.

A case has been registered against the accused in the ACB police station in Hisar and he has been arrested. The ACB team is investigating the case by collecting all necessary evidence.

The spokesperson of the Bureau appealed to the general public that if any officer or employee demands a bribe for doing government work, then immediately inform the Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau on its toll-free number -1800-180-2022

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(editor@dailyworld.in)