Assam Government servant arrested in Bribery Case

Guwahati, March 28, 2019:

On Friday afternoon (3.50 PM approx) Atoshi Tapadar, Senior Assistant of the Election Office of Cachar district has been caught red handed by Assam police while she was accepting a bribe amount of Rs. 30,000 from complainant Sujit Chanda, proprietor of Gana Awaz Offset Printing Works, Silchar.

The bribe money has been seized from the possession of the accused. As per reports, the complainant had recently received a payment of Rs.1,17,500. The accused had demanded a bribe of Rs. 95,000 for recent payment received for the work of Election Forms as well as towards obtaining forthcoming printing orders in view of the coming elections.

After a complaint was lodged, a team of officers was dispatched from Gauhati to Silchar for laying a trap. The complainant has requested for reducing the amount and accused agreed to receive an amount of Rs. 30,000 as first installment, out of the total bribe amount.

The accused was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs 30,000 in her office chamber in the district election office in Silchar town. An amount of Rs 3 lakh has been seized from the suspect.

The accused Public servant  has been arrested and will be forwarded to the Special Court at Gauhati.