Assam bribery case: Arrested govt official sent to police custody
The special court has sent the government official to five days police custody after V&AC team producing him before the court.
Kujendra Doley, who also earlier served as the Chief Engineer of the department was arrested red handed by the V&AC team from his office in Janata Bhawan after taking a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a contractor named Palash Ranjan Baruah for clearing his bill amounting Rs 27 lakh.
Meanwhile, the V&AC team had recovered cash amount of Rs 54.45 lakh including Rs 43.20 lakh from his office and Rs 11.25 lakh from his apartment.
The investigating team also seized six numbers bank passbook, several insurance policies after raiding his apartment situated at Borbari near VIP road in Guwahati.
On the other hand, Assam Irrigation minister Ranjit Dutta said that, the department has already suspended Kujendra Doley and departmental probe to be initiated.
In past eight months, the V&AC had arrested at least 29 government officials in graft cases.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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