The deputy mayor of the Kashkadarya’s Shakhrisabz district and an employee of the mayor’s office were caught taking US$ 100 in a bribe from a businessman on Tuesday, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
The employee was supposed to transfer this amount to the deputy mayor, who in return was supposed to allocate a land plot for building a greenhouse.
The deputy mayor in charge of agriculture and water resources region was reportedly caught red-handedly when taking the bribe.
The detainees are now facing Takin Bribe and Mediation in Bribery charges of of the Criminal Code of Uzbekistan.
