Photo Source: HCS officer Meenakshi Dahiya's LinkedIn profile
HCS officer Meenakshi Dahiya sent her peon on scooty to collect Rs 1 lakh bribe, reveals Anti-Corruption Bureau
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, June 22, 2024: Meenakshi Dahiya, 2013 batch Haryana Civil Services (HCS) officer Meenakshi Dahiya had allegedly sent her peon-cum-chowkidar on a scooty to collect a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the district fisheries officer. The scooty has reportedly been in the name of the officer. This was revealed by the Haryana Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Notably, a Panchkula court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of HCS officer Meenakshi Dahiya in connection with the case. She has been allegedly absconding since May 29.
Peon Satinder Singh who was arrested while accepting bribe disclosed to the police that though he was an employee of the Urban Local Bodies Department, he used to work at Dahiya’s home, which was posted in ULBD in 2020.
He claimed that she had sent him to collect money from District Fisheries Officer Rajan Khora for some official work. Stenographer Joginder Singh, attached to her, has also been arrested for acting as a middleman.
Complainant Rajan Khora alleged that he was charge-sheeted by his department as part of a conspiracy in 2022 so that his junior could be promoted. He said that the Fisheries Minister ordered the chargesheet against him to be dropped after an inquiry found him innocent.
Khora alleged that he was summoned by Dahiya in April through her stenographer and demanded Rs 1 lakh to issue orders to drop the chargesheet.