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The Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team on Tuesday arrested two accused, Junior Engineer (JE) Suresh Chand and a private person Jai Bhagwan alias Nanha, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 in Uchana, Jind district. The accused were demanding a bribe from the complainant for installing a non-domestic electricity connection.

Sharing information in this regard an official spokesperson said that the ACB team received a complaint that JE Suresh Chand was working in the Bijli Nigam in Uchana, Jind district, and was demanding a bribe through Jai Bhagwan, a resident of village Chhatar Uchana. After investigating the matter, the ACB team planned to catch the accused red-handed.

The accused JE Suresh Chand demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant for installing a non-domestic electricity connection in his under-construction ‘dhaba’ in village Chhatar. The bribe was being demanded by Suresh Chand through Jai Bhagwan alias Nanha, who was caught red-handed by the ACB team while accepting it. A case has been registered against the accused at the ACB police station in Karnal and they have been arrested.

The entire action was carried out with complete transparency in the presence of witnesses. All necessary evidence is being collected in this case and it is being investigated.