The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam arrested two engineers on charges of demanding and accepting bribe at Silchar on Wednesday. They have been identified as Nilanjan Das, In-Charge Executive Engineer (Agriculture), Cachar Division, Silchar and Junior Engineer Shyama Prasad Purkayastha.

Das, the main accused had allegedly demanded Rs. 50,000 as bribe from a person in the name of passing of bills and awarding contracts in future. The man, who is a supplier of agricultural machineries, complained to the directorate and a trap was laid, the Directorate said in its statement.

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Accordingly, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption team caught Purkayastha, the accomplice of Das, red handed after he accepted bribe of Rs.20,000 from the complainant.

Nilanjan Das (L) and Shyama Prasad Purkayastha (R) in custody of Assam Vigilance and Anti-Corruption.

The directorate informed that Das was also apprehended, and a case has been registered against the two men under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) in this connection.