Ujjain ADM’s Clerk Caught Accepting ₹20K Bribe For Promising Favourable Decision In Fraudulent Ujjwala Yojana Gas Connection
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): The Ujjain unit of the Lokayukta police caught an Additional District Magistrate’s (ADM) clerk red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 at the Ujjain Collectorate on Thursday, November 5. The clerk had allegedly demanded money to secure a favourable decision in a case involving a fraudulent gas connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. The accused…
Ujjain authorities apprehended a clerk from the Additional District Magistrate's office on Thursday, November 5, for allegedly accepting a ₹20,000 bribe to guarantee a favourable outcome in a fraudulent gas connection case under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. The accused, identified as Rohit Gothwal, an Assistant Grade 3 employee, was allegedly demanding money in exchange for securing a beneficial decision in a pending case.
The complainant, Brijesh Vishwakarma, a resident of Birlagram in Nagda, had reported the matter to Ujjain Lokayukta Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar Dixit on October 29. Vishwakarma alleged that a gas connection had been fraudulently issued using his mother's documents without her knowledge. Following the complaint, Lokayukta officials conducted a trap operation at the Collectorate, resulting in the arrest of Gothwal.
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