Patna: The Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) arrested two govt officials while they were allegedly accepting bribes in separate incidents on Tuesday.In the first case, Vikram Kumar Ram, survey “amin” at Marauna circle in Supaul district, was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 at his rented accommodation in Ward Number 1 under Nirmali Nagar panchayat. The complainant, Jayanarayan Yadav, a resident of Khorma village under Marauna police station, lodged a complaint with the VIB office in Patna.In the complaint, he alleged that Vikram demanded a bribe to complete pending survey work related to his land. Following verification of the complaint and gathering evidence confirming the demand, a case was registered on Feb 23. An investigation team, led by Narendra Kumar, deputy superintendent of police, VIB, Patna, was formed.“The team successfully laid a trap and arrested the accused on the spot while he was receiving the bribe amount. After preliminary questioning, Vikram will be produced before the special court of vigilance, Bhagalpur,” said DSP Kumar.In a simultaneous operation, Rajesh Kumar Bhagat, block supply officer for Vidyapati Nagar and Ujiarpur Block in Samastipur district, was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 at his rented accommodation near Kali Chowk under Dalsinghsarai police station area.The complaint was filed by Ram Iqbal Singh, a resident of Maniyarpur under Ghatho police station. The complainant alleged that the BSO demanded bribe money in exchange for increasing additional food grain allocation under the public distribution system. After verification and registering the case, the trap was executed by a team under the leadership of Akhilesh Kumar, DSP, VIB, Patna.The accused was caught accepting the bribe and arrested immediately. He will be produced before the special court of vigilance, Muzaffarpur, following interrogation, the officer said.
