BDO Held For Accepting Rs 1 Lakh Bribe In Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur

RunWithRugs · 2026-02-24T23:45:46+00:00

The Anti-Corruption Bureau in Jaipur arrested Jagdish Prasad Meena, a Block Development Officer, for accepting a bribe of Rs 1,00,000. He pressured a complainant and colleagues for the payment to avoid job complications and clear pending allowances.

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2026-02-24 23:45:46

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(MENAFN- IANS) Jaipur, Feb 24 (IANS) Acting on the instructions of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) headquarters, the Jaipur Nagar unit’s ACB on Tuesday arrested Jagdish Prasad Meena, Block Development Officer (BDO) of Panchayat Samiti Sawai Madhopur, who was also serving as District Project Manager, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,00,000.

ACB Director General of Police (DGP) Govind Gupta said that the ACB Jaipur Nagar Unit received a complaint alleging that Jagdish Prasad Meena was demanding a bribe of Rs 1,00,000 from the complainant and two of his colleagues in exchange for not relieving them from their Branch Postmaster positions and for clearing pending travel allowances and other bills.

The accused also pressured the complainant to collect the bribe from the two colleagues and deliver it to him.

After verifying the complaint, a trap operation was conducted on Tuesday under the supervision of Deputy Inspector General of Police Anand Sharma and led by Additional Superintendent of Police Bhupendra, ACB Jaipur Nagar-1.

During the operation, Jagdish Prasad Meena was caught red-handed at his residence in Vivekananda Nagar, Kota, while accepting Rs 1,00,000 in bribe from the complainant.

Under the supervision of ACB Additional Director General Smita Srivastava and the direction of ACB Inspector General of Police Satendra Kumar, further questioning and legal proceedings are ongoing.

A case will be registered against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and further investigation will be conducted.

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