Himachal PWD, JE caught accepting bribe

Shimla: A PWD official was arrested on Friday allegedly for accepting a bribe of Rs.100,000 from a contractor, police said.

A junior engineer of the Public Works Department was caught red-handed when he was accepting Rs.100,000 from a contractor in the Spiti Valley, Director General of Vigilance D.S. Manhas told reporters here.

Manhas identified the engineer as Kishan Chand Chaudhary.