Dehradun: : The Uttarakhand Vigilance Department on Thursday arrested a junior engineer of Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (JVNL) for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a contractor. The action was taken following a complaint received through the department’s toll-free helpline, 1064.Vigilance department director V Murugesan said, “The complainant had won a tender for a project at Pahuslok Barrage and had completed the work.” However, Junior Engineer Mohd. Faisal Khan He said bribes were allegedly being demanded to clear payments for the project.Murugesan said that preliminary investigation into the complaint found the allegations to be true, following which the vigilance department laid a trap.“Falling into the trap, the complainant met Khan and handed over Rs 50,000. As soon as Khan accepted the money, vigilance sleuths caught him red-handed in Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district. He was arrested under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and BNS,” he said.The Vigilance Director appealed to the public to report corruption involving government employees on helpline 1064 or WhatsApp 9456592300.