{
  "id": 18283679,
  "title": "Ujjain ADM’s Clerk Caught Accepting ₹20K Bribe For Promising Favourable Decision In Fraudulent Ujjwala Yojana Gas Connection",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/ujjain-adms-clerk-caught-accepting-20k-bribe-for-promising-favourable",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T09:03:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/ujjain-adms-clerk-caught-accepting-20k-bribe-for-promising-favourable-decision-in-fraudulent-ujjwala-yojana-gas-connection"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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…",
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  "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."
}