2 RJ Officials Held for Taking Bribe

Jaipur: Two government officials were arrested yesterday in separate cases for allegedly taking bribes, officials said. A sub-divisional officer posted in Udaipur’s Lasadiya was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000. SDM Lasadiya (Udaipur) Sunil Jhingonia had demanded a monthly extortion amount of Rs 50,000 from the owner of a mine.

He was threatening to shut down the mine and was demanding the money to allow him continue mining work without any disturbance from his side, DG of Anti-Corruption Bureau B L Soni said, adding that he was arrested from Jaipur.

In another case, the ACB officials arrested Matasula (Salumbar Tehsil) Patwari Rajendra Singh Chauhan for taking a bribe of Rs 65,000 for a work related to land conversion.