The Bihar government’s Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) has launched a rigorous anti-corruption campaign in Araria district. Recently, a revenue employee, Imteyaz Alam, was apprehended red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 in Farhi Panchayat of Narpatganj block. The arrest followed a complaint by Kamleshwari Yadav, accusing Alam of demanding the bribe for online record corrections.
The SVU, under Additional Director General of Police Pankaj Kumar Darad, took swift action upon verifying the complaint. Alam had allegedly insisted on the bribe for processing the requested corrections. A case was promptly filed at the SVU police station, leading to a successful operation where Alam was caught in the act by a special raiding team led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar Verma.
Imteyaz Alam now faces charges under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. Legal proceedings are underway as the arrest has sent shockwaves through the district’s revenue department and other government offices. In a separate incident, the Patna Vigilance Investigation Bureau arrested Brijmohan Lal, a clerk at the Sub-Divisional Hospital in Aurangabad’s Daudnagar district, for accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 related to attendance marking on holidays.
