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Lokayukta Traps in Seoni Catch ASI and Clerk Taking Bribes

The state anti-corruption unit used citizen complaints to set up monitored cash handovers.

Overview

  • The Jabalpur Lokayukta Police, which ran twin stings Wednesday in Seoni, arrested an assistant sub-inspector and a block clerk on bribery charges.
  • ASI Dinesh Raghuwanshi was arrested at a tea stall after accepting Rs 20,000 that he had allegedly sought to verify documents in a fraud case.
  • Complainant Nandkishore Chaurasia had reported a scheme that took money for a government job and vehicle contract for his son, prompting the trap.
  • Clerk Arun Kumar Kumre was held after taking a Rs 10,000 first instalment on an alleged Rs 25,000–30,000 demand to release 14 months of suspended pay.
  • Officials said the operations followed directives from DGP Yogesh Deshmukh and DIG Manoj Singh, and cases now move under the Prevention of Corruption Act.