According to DM S N Srivastava, land conservation officer of Ballia, Nathuni Prasad Yadav came to his house yesterday and offered Rs 1 lakh for his signatures on some documents, saying deputy director of Sharda Sahayak Command Yojna, Lalji Yadav, has sent his (DM's) share, police said.
The DM immediately informed the police who reached there and arrested Yadav, but junior engineer Avdhesh Mani Tripathi and another government employee Rajesh Kumar Pandey, who had accompanied Yadav to the DM's residence, managed to escape, they said.