Bhopal, May 25: Sarika Khatik Amanganj Nagar Parishad President Sarika Khatik, daughter of the ruling BJP’s three-time MLA Uma Khatik, was allegedly caught red-handed taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a government contractor for clearing his pending bills.
A complainant Raghvendra Raj Modi had informed them that Sarika Khatik was demanding a bribe of Rs 40,000 to clear his bills of more than Rs 1.30 lakh for works done in the Parishad.
Modi said he had already paid Rs 10,000 to Khatik but she was demanding Rs 30,000 more.
Thereafter acting on the complaint, Lokayukta sleuths laid a trap and when Sarika Khatik accepted the payment of Rs 30,000 from Modi, she was caught red-handed and arrested inside her office in the Nagar Parishad.
She was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and released on bail at the spot.
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