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Today, the Anti-Corruption team arrested the field officer of Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Gram Vikas Bank – Harishchandra Chaurasia, and broker Azad Saroj, red-handed while accepting a bribe of 10,000 rupees.
The field officer working at the bank’s Raniganj, Pratapgarh branch, demanded a bribe of 27,000 rupees in exchange for disbursing the loan amount. A case has been registered against both the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Fatanpur police station in Pratapgarh. They will be produced before the Anti-Corruption Court on Tuesday and further action will be taken.
The accused, Harishchandra and Azad, are residents of Rajauli village in the Mungarabadshahpur police station area of Jaunpur district. It is reported that Vijaykant Bind, a resident of Antri Sujaha, Raniganj, Pratapgarh, had obtained a loan from the Raniganj branch of the Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Gram Vikas Bank. It is alleged that when Vijaykant Bind approached field officer Harishchandra Chaurasia to disburse the remaining amount of his approved loan, he demanded a bribe of 27,000 rupees.
Vijaykant then approached the Anti-Corruption Police Station and filed a complaint. A confidential investigation found the allegations to be true. On Monday, a 14-member Anti-Corruption team arrived on the highway in front of Vindhyavasini Girls Inter College, Ramapur, in Pratapgarh and caught field officer Harishchandra and broker Azad red-handed accepting a bribe of 10,000 rupees.
Anti-corruption officials stated that the broker first took the bribe money and then gave it to the field officer. After their arrest, both were taken to Fatanpur police station and a case was filed. Officials stated that if any government official or employee demands a bribe, they can immediately file a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Organization Prayagraj Division, Prayagraj, on the numbers 9454402490 and 9454402484. Immediate action will be taken based on the complaint.
