Archive · 18 Sep 2025
Forest Guard Arrested for Bribe Related to Displacement Aid
A forest guard in Madhya Pradesh was caught by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for taking a bribe.
The guard, Mattam Nagpure, asked a villager, Rajendra Dhurve, for money in exchange for helping with paperwork for government compensation.
This compensation was for families displaced from the Sonwani Sanctuary.
The villager filed a complaint, and the EOW set up a trap.
When the guard accepted ₹50k of the demanded ₹3.5 lakh, the EOW arrested him.
He is now facing charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Forest guard Mattam Nagpure was arrested in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh.
He was caught taking a bribe of ₹50k.
The bribe was related to government compensation for displaced families.
Nagpure had demanded ₹3.5 lakh from a villager.
A case has been registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Who
- Forest guard Mattam Nagpure and villager Rajendra Dhurve
- What
- Forest guard arrested for accepting a bribe.
- When
- Thursday afternoon
- Where
- Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, near a State Bank branch.
- Why
- Nagpure demanded money from a displaced villager for paperwork related to government compensation.
- Accused
- Mattam Nagpure
- Position
- Forest Guard
- Location
- Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
- Bribe Amount Demanded
- ₹3.5 lakh
- Bribe Amount Accepted
- ₹50k
- Related to
- Government compensation for displaced families
- Charge
- Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018