GURUGRAM: CIVIC BODY’S JE AMONG 3 HELD FOR SEEKING RS 1 LAKH BRIBE

GURUGRAM: Three people, including a junior engineer (JE) of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), have been arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 1 lakh as bribe to allow an illegal construction in Devi Lal Colony here. The arrested accused were identified as JE Sumit Chahal, Supervisor Hitesh and their driver Karan Singh. An FIR has been registered at Sector 9 A police station. The arrested accused were produced in a city court and sent to two days police remand. “JE Chahal, involved in this case, has been suspended while the services of outsourced employee Hitesh have been terminated. We also marked an inquiry into same and whoever’s connivance will come to the fore will not be spared at any cost,” said MCG Commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja. According to the complaint filed by Harish, a resident of Devi Lal Colony, he was constructing a house in the colony without getting his map passed from MCG. An MCG team lead by JE Chahal arrived at the construction site on Thursday and got his work stopped. It also threatened that his house would be demolished as it is illegal.