In a major crackdown on corruption, the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (BIB) has arrested Madhubani Road Division’s Executive Engineer Ritesh Chandra Sinha red-handed while accepting a bribe of five lakh rupees.
The headquarters team of the Vigilance Bureau raided flat number C-303 of Shiv Parvati Griha Apartment in Ramnagari, Ashiyana, Patna on Sunday and arrested him.
During the arrest, the engineer saw the vigilance team and threw the bribe amount out of the window into the field, but the team immediately recovered the amount.
According to the Vigilance Bureau, Arun Kumar Singh, a resident of Dehri in Rohtas district, had filed a complaint against the executive engineer for demanding bribe. The complainants were carrying out two road construction projects under the Madhubani Road Division.
The cost of construction of 1.2 km road on Madhubani-Rajnagar-Babubarhi-Khutauna road was Rs 5.78 crore and the cost of construction of 2.4 km road on Stadium Chowk-Maharajganj Chowk-Sudi High School road was Rs 13.48 crore.
According to the complaint, about 90 per cent of the work was completed in the first plan and 25 per cent in the second plan. Both the schemes had outstanding dues of around Rs 6.50 crore even after earlier payment.
It is alleged that the executive engineer had demanded a bribe of Rs 19.50 lakh at the rate of 3 per cent in lieu of payment of dues. There was pressure to give five lakh rupees as an immediate advance.
Cash and property documents seized during the search
After the arrest, the surveillance team searched the flat. During this period, Rs 6,11,900 cash, gold and silver jewellery, documents related to shares and investment in LIC, information of seven bank accounts, documents of land and flats and locker key and related documents were seized.
On verification of the complaint, it was confirmed that the bribe was demanded. After this, the monitoring police station case number 133/26, dated November 6, 2026, was registered and a raid was formed under the leadership of Deputy Superintendent of Police Shyam Babu Prasad. On November 8, the team raided the engineer’s residence in Patna and arrested him along with the bribe money.
The jewellery is being evaluated. After interrogation, the accused will be produced before the Special Vigilance Court, Patna. Further investigation and search in the case is in progress. According to the Vigilance Bureau, this is the 133rd FIR registered against corruption in the year 2026.
