Assam officer caught taking bribe by anti-corruption agency

Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 15 : The anti-corruption agency of Assam caught a Block Development Officer (BDO) accepting a bribe in Assam's Hojai district on Sunday.
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam caught the BDO red-handed and arrested her.
The arrested government officer was identified as Sewali Chakravorty, Block Development Officer of Binakandi Development Block in Hojai district.
Pranab Jyoti Goswami, CPRO of Assam police said that a complaint was received at the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in Assam alleging that Chakravorty had demanded Rupees two lakh as bribe from the complainant for releasing payments of works completed by the complainant's brother.

"Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the Directorate for taking necessary legal action against the public servant. Accordingly, a trap was laid today by a team from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam," Goswami said.
"Sewali Chakravorty, BDO of Binakandi Block was caught red-handed in the presence of independent witnesses, immediately after she accepted Rs 10,000 as part of the demanded bribe in her car on the National Highway at Niz Kathiatoli in Nagaon district," he added.
The tainted bribe money has been recovered from her possession and has been seized accordingly, in the presence of independent witnesses, Goswami said.
The senior police official further said that after finding sufficient evidence against the government official, she was arrested by the team of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in Assam.

"In this connection, a case has been registered in ACB Police Station on 15/10/2023 vide ACB Police Station Case No. 83/2023 under Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018). Necessary legal follow-up action is underway," the Assam police CPRO said.