Guwahati : Assam police on Friday had arrested an Executive Engineer of the state Public Health Engineering (PHE) department from Upper Assam's Dibrugarh district, who allegedly taking bribes from a number of contractors in the name of allotting works order.
According to the reports, based on a complaint from a person Dibrugarh police had arrested the engineer from his office.
Nazrul Islam, Executive Engineer was arrested from his office,â€Â a police official said.
The Dibrugarh police also registered a case (No- 33/17 under section 387 of the IPC) against the engineer.
The complainant said that, the engineer charged commission in 40-60 percentage break-up from him and other contractors in different works.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
