PATNA, Nov. 30 -- Executive Engineer cum Senior Project Officer of Bihar State Bridge Construction Corporation (BSBCC) Binay Kumar Singh was on Saturday sentenced to 1-year rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs.20,000 by the special vigilance judge, Patna. Singh was on October 24 caught red-handed by Vigilance sleuths at his official chamber at BSBCC Division 2 office at Yarpur accepting bribe from a contractor Harendra Singh for passing bills for construction of a bridge at Khaira Satar Ghat in Chapra. Following his arrest, his 33-C, Jagat Ambika Apartment at Raja Bazar, was also raided by the vigilance team from where 14 bank pass books with total deposit of Rs.20 lakh and share certificates worth Rs.50 lakh were seized by the raiding party. The team also seized a Sumo Victa and Santro car from his residence. Director General of vigilance investigation bureau, Jitendra Singh Gangwar, informed that total 11 prosecution witnesses have been examined by the prosecution. The Executive Engineer was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for offence under Section 7 of PC Act and fine for offence under Section 13 (2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act and in default of payment of fine, further sentenced him to undergo simple imprisonment for the period of one month. In recent years, government officials, including police personnel, have been caught by the state Vigilance officers and sent to jail. At least 50 police station heads in recent three years were suspended or sent to police lines for their alleged collusion with private vehicle drivers in collecting bribes from the state's liquor and sand mafia, a report in a national daily said....