{
  "id": 17315760,
  "title": "‘I Happily Accept Bribes If Offered’ MP’s Panna Executive Engineer Suspended After Shocking Admission Goes Viral On Social Media",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/i-happily-accept-bribes-if-offered-mps-panna-executive-engineer",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T00:48:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/i-happily-accept-bribes-if-offered-mps-panna-executive-engineer-suspended-after-shocking-admission-goes-viral-on-social-media"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: The state government suspended water resources department executive engineer C B Ahirwar on Friday following the viral social media remarks about accepting bribes. He was posted in Panna at the time of the suspension and has been transferred to the Bhopal office pending further orders. Ahirwar told media, \"I don't demand a bribe, but if someone offers, I keep it happily.\" Earlier on October 27, Sagar Lokayukta police arrested two WRD employees in Panna for accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000. During his media interactions on Thursday, Ahirwar stated that he had never demanded bribes but would accept voluntary payments in good faith, describing it as a \"good gesture\" from contractors. The government deemed his admission to accepting bribes as a violation of service rules and disciplined him accordingly.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The state government on Friday suspended water resources department (WRD) executive engineer C B Ahirwar, posted in Panna, after his remarks about accepting bribes when offered went viral on social media on Thursday. He has been attached to the Bhopal office till further orders. \"I Don't demand a bribe, but if someone offers, I keep it happily\", Ahirwar had said while…",
  "key_points": [
    "Water resources department engineer C B Ahirwar suspended",
    "Ahirwar admitted to accepting bribes happily",
    "Two WRD employees arrested for accepting Rs 45,000 bribe"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The suspension of the executive engineer signals a zero-tolerance approach to public officials who openly admit to accepting voluntary payments from contractors in violation of state service rules.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}