EOW arrests Gwalior official on bribe charge

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Municipal Corporation was arrested by EOW while allegedly accepting Rs 5 lakh from a builder on Saturday.


Officials said it was the first instalment of a Rs 25-lakh bribe allegedly demanded by the officer, Pradeep Verma. It’s alleged that he wanted Rs 50 lakh from builder Dharmendra Bharadwaj to approve a construction project, and settled for Rs 25 lakh on the condition that the first ‘instalment’ of Rs 5 lakh would be handed over to him on Saturday, EOW officials said.

A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against him at University police station.