Bihar Vigilance Arrests Muzaffarpur Junior Engineer in ₹9,000 Bribe Trap

Overview

• SVU officers caught Aman Kumar, a junior engineer at Sahebganj Nagar Parishad, accepting ₹9,000 from a complainant during a planned operation on February 19.
• Complainant Rajkumar Tiwari alleged the engineer had sought ₹25,000 to clear paperwork and process payment for paver‑block work in his area.
• The trap was verified and executed by a team led by SVU deputy superintendent Raj Kumar Singh, and the bribe money was recovered at the scene.
• Case No. 07/26 was registered at the SVU police station in Patna under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the accused is being interrogated in Patna.
• The arrest comes after consecutive stings in the district this week, including the February 17 arrests of the in‑charge district agriculture officer and his driver, and a February 18 case against a sub‑inspector.