LEO ARRESTED RED HANDED TAKING Rs. 10,000

Ara, 9 January 2023, (RNI): A team of Investigation Bureau (IB) from Patna arrested the Labour Enforcement Officer (LEO), Bhojpur red handed today while taking Rs. 10,000 in lieu of sanctioning amount under Girl Marriage Scheme. The arrested LEO Rana Kumar is a resident of Padmaul village of Garaul block in Vaishali district and presently lived in a house at Kankadbagh in Patna. 

DSP IB Neelabh Krishna said that Sukanti Devi of Dhanupura locality under Ara town police station had registered in the labour department for the marriage of her daughter and Rs. 50, 000 was sanctioned for the purpose. The LEO demanded Rs. 10,000 for releasing the sanctioned amount. Sukanti Devi complained the IB on January 4, 2023 in this regard. The IB inquired into the matter and found the complained correct. After that, the IB formed a team comprising the DSP Neelabh Krishna, DSP Gopal Krishna, Inspector Sanjay Chaturvedi, ASI Kaushal Kishore, Rishikesh Kumar and a constable Kashyap Kumar and the team laid trap on Monday around the labour department at Babu Bazaar area under Ara town police station and arrested the LEO Rana Kumar red handed taking Rs. 10,000 and took him to Patna.