Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Lokayukta Catches Power Lineman Taking ₹5,000 Bribe in Gwalior
A man named Shriram Bairagi wanted electricity for his flour mill.
He needed the power to run the mill's motor.
Even after waiting a long time, he did not get the connection.
When he asked the electricity office, a worker named Baburam Patel asked for a bribe of ₹10,000.
A bribe is money given to make someone do their job, which is against the rules.
Bairagi told the Lokayukta, a special police team that catches dishonest officials.
The Lokayukta set a trap and gave Bairagi ₹5,000 to hand over as the first part of the bribe.
When the worker took the money, the police caught him right away.
A special test made his hands turn pink, proving he had touched the money.
Now he is in custody while legal procedures continue.
Lokayukta police caught electricity department lineman Baburam Patel red-handed accepting a ₹5,000 bribe in Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh.
The bribe was demanded to issue an electricity connection needed to power the motor of complainant Shriram Bairagi's flour mill.
Patel had initially demanded ₹10,000, and the ₹5,000 handed over by the complainant was the first installment in the trap operation.
Bairagi lodged a complaint with the Gwalior Lokayukta after his connection remained pending for a long time despite contacting the office.
After the arrest, the bribe money was seized, the accused's hands turned pink in a chemical test, and he was taken into custody.
- Who
- Power lineman Baburam Patel (accused), complainant Shriram Bairagi, and the Gwalior Lokayukta team
- What
- A lineman was caught red-handed accepting a ₹5,000 bribe in exchange for an electricity connection for a flour mill
- When
- On a Friday, during a Lokayukta trap operation (specific date not reported)
- Where
- Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh; the flour mill was in MP's Gwalior
- Why
- Patel allegedly demanded a bribe to issue a long-pending electricity connection required to power the mill's motor
- Accused
- Baburam Patel, electricity department lineman
- Complainant
- Shriram Bairagi, resident of Kukraretha village, Piprai, Ashoknagar
- Bribe demanded
- ₹10,000
- Bribe paid in trap
- ₹5,000 (first installment)
- Location
- Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh
- Raid team
- Gwalior Lokayukta, led by an inspector
- Outcome
- Accused arrested, bribe money seized, legal formalities underway