3 Lakh bribe paid in new Rs.2000 notes

All are expecting that banning higher denomination notes can curb corruption. But in reality the latest incident suggests that we cannot expect much from the existing faulty system. Officials of Kandla Port Trust of Gujarat booked red handedly for accepting bribe. The stunning thing of this incident is that the whole currency recovered was in Rs.2000 notes. Since the ban stringent cash rationing has been observing across the country. One individual can withdraw maximum of Rs.24000 from a single bank account.Superintending Engineer P Srivivasu and Sub Divisional officer K Komtekar demanded Rs.4.4 lakh bribe to clear pending bill of an electrical firm. ACB laid the trap and arrested middleman who involved in the deal