Junagadh:

The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat police today nabbed an officer of Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) from the EPFO office here along with his broker accepting a bribe of Rs 60 thousand from a contractor.

In-charge Assistant Director ACB, Rajkot, K H Gohil said that the complainant a contractor with the Enforcement Officer (class-3) of EPFO Mahendra Kumar D Shivhare (41) had sought Rs one lakh as bribe from a contractor with Gujarat Electricity Board (GEB) for non-imposition of penalty on his firm during audit of EPF of his employees. He later agreed to take Rs 60 thousand for the same.

The ACB today laid a trap and caught him with his broker Mayur P Makwana (30) taking the bribe from the complainant in his office. Makwana was accepting the bribe on his behalf.

DeshGujarat