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Guwahati: A local court of Assam on Wednesday sent Irrigation department Secretary Kujendra Doley to five days police custody, who was arrested by the sleuths of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (V&AC) from his office in Dispur Janata Bhawan after taking bribe from a contractor on Tuesday.
The Special court had sent the government official to five days police custody after V&AC team producing him before the court.
Kujendra Doley, Secretary of Irrigation department who also earlier served as the Chief Engineer of the department was arrested red handed by the V&AC team from his office in Janata Bhawan after taking a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a contractor named Palash Ranjan Baruah for clearing his bill amounting Rs 27 lakh.
Meanwhile, the V&AC team had recovered cash amount of Rs 54.45 lakh including Rs 43.20 lakh from his office and Rs 11.25 lakh from his apartment.
The investigating team also seized six numbers bank passbook, several insurance policies after raiding his apartment situated at Borbari near VIP road in Guwahati.
On the other hand, Assam Irrigation minister Ranjit Dutta said that, the department has already suspended Kujendra Doley and departmental probe to be initiated.
In past eight months, the V&AC had arrested at least 29 government officials in graft cases.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
