DTO Karimganj Tapadar arrested in bribe case

way2barak, Dec 21: A complaint was received at the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam, alleging that Sahab Uddin Tapadar, the Enforcement Inspector –cum- I/C District Transport Officer of Karimganj in conspiracy with Abu Saleh Md Zakaria, the Enforcement Checker of the same office demanded Rs. 16,000 as bribe from the complainant for allowing free movement of the vehicles of the complainant. Later, the aforementioned public servants reduced the amount of bribe to Rs. 10,000.
Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached this Directorate for taking necessary legal action against the above-mentioned public servants.
Accordingly, a trap was laid on 20th Dec. by a team from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, in the office of the District Transport Officer & Secretary Regional Transport Authority, District- Karimganj. Abu Saleh Md Zakaria was caught red handed in the office, immediately after he accepted Rs.10,000 as demanded bribe from the complainant. The tainted bribe money has been recovered from his possession and has been seized accordingly, in presence of independent witnesses.
Sahab Uddin Tapadar, the Enforcement Inspector –cum- I/C District Transport Officer was also apprehended for demanding bribe from the complainant and accepting it through Abu Saleh Md Zakaria, in conspiracy with him.
Finding sufficient evidence against both the accused public servants, they have been arrested by the Investigating Officer of the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam.
In this connection, a case has been registered in ACB Police Station on 20th December vide ACB P.S. Case No. 109/2023 under section 120(B) IPC, with section 7(a) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018).