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Crime
Bihar Officer Arrested for Demanding Rs 2 lakh Bribe from Government Engineer
✍️ Amar Ujala · Darbhanga
🗓 10 Nov 2026, 09:18 PM
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A former monitoring and economic crimes unit officer in Bihar was arrested after demanding a Rs 2 lakh bribe from a government engineer and threatening to frame him in an ‘assets exceeding income’ case.
A former officer of the Monitoring and Economic Crimes Unit in Bihar was taken into custody on Thursday after he allegedly demanded a Rs 2 lakh bribe from a government engineer.
According to police records, the accused, who had been serving in the unit, approached the engineer and requested the bribe in exchange for protecting him from an upcoming ‘assets exceeding income’ investigation.
The officer also threatened to orchestrate a raid on the engineer’s premises and file false charges, a claim that was corroborated by the engineer’s testimony.
The arrest was carried out by the local police department in Darbhanga, and the accused is now in custody pending further investigation.
Police officials said that the case is under active investigation and that no other officers have been implicated.
According to police records, the accused, who had been serving in the unit, approached the engineer and requested the bribe in exchange for protecting him from an upcoming ‘assets exceeding income’ investigation.
The officer also threatened to orchestrate a raid on the engineer’s premises and file false charges, a claim that was corroborated by the engineer’s testimony.
The arrest was carried out by the local police department in Darbhanga, and the accused is now in custody pending further investigation.
Police officials said that the case is under active investigation and that no other officers have been implicated.