During the ongoing drive, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested two of its employees for accepting bribes.
Two of the officials namely Inspector Somesh and EHC Ashok Kumar were arrested red-handed while taking a bribe of 100000 from Ambala. Divulging more details pertaining to the matter, the government spokesperson said that the team of Haryana Anti Corruption Bureau had received a complaint that a bribe of 100,000 had been demanded by two employees of the Anti Corruption Bureau in return for filing the complaint. On investigation of the case, it was found that ACB Inspector Somesh and EHC Ashok Kumar, working in Ambala, had taken a fake complaint which was not authorized and in return for filing this complaint, a bribe of 100,000 was demanded from the complainant. The same necessitated the stern action against the employees of ACB.
Further it was apprised that after thorough investigation and checking all facts, the ACB team made a plan to arrest both the accused. After this, both the accused were arrested red handed by the team of Haryana ACB while taking a bribe of 100000. This entire proceeding was conducted with complete transparency in front of the witnesses. In this matter, action is being taken by registering an FIR in Ambala Police Station of Haryana Anti Corruption Bureau.
The matter is being investigated by collecting necessary evidence in this regard. Pertaining to the matter, Director General Shatrujit Kapoor, said that be it ACB officials or someone else, those involved in taking bribes will be subject to stern action.
