A still image shows the arrest of an engineer in Karbala accused of taking a bribe, according to Iraq’s Integrity Commission.
Engineer arrested in Karbala over alleged 12.5 million dinar bribe
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Integrity Commission on Monday announced the arrest of an engineer with the Karbala Directorate of Roads and Bridges on charges of extorting a contractor and demanding a bribe in exchange for facilitating project approvals.
The commission said in a statement that its Karbala Investigations Office formed a team “after receiving information that the accused, who works as an engineer in the Directorate of Roads and Bridges in the governorate and supervises a road construction project in several areas, bargained with and extorted a contractor carrying out part of the project and requested a bribe in return for facilitating supervision, approval, and advance payments.”
It added that the team “moved to the agreed location to deliver the bribe in order to set up a tight ambush for the accused, who was caught in the act with the bribe money of 12.5 million dinars (about $8,870) in his possession.”
A formal seizure report was drawn up and the suspect was referred, along with the evidence, to the investigative judge specializing in integrity cases in Karbala, who ordered his detention under Decision 160 of 1983, Article 2/1.
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