CBI nabs SDMC official for taking Rs 40,000 bribe

New Delhi: The CBI on Friday arrested a South Delhi Municipal Corporation official for accepting Rs 40,000 in bribe in exchange for giving a job to the complainant, official sources here said.

According to officials, CBI identified the accused as Sharvan, an administrative officer in the Health Department of SDMC.

He had demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant, a woman to whom he promised a job as a pharmacist in dispensaries under SDMC.

Sources added that Sharvan was caught red-handed while accepting

the aforementioned amount from the complainant.