Vigilance nabs clerk of Land Acquisition Office accepting

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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Sep 02 2016 | 6:57 PM IST
Vigilance sleuths today arrested a clerk of Land Acquisition office on graft charge from Nawada district, a Vigilance department release said.
A Vigilance Investigation Bureau caught one Shambhu Kumar, a clerk with Land Acquisition office, Nawada, red handed while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 for making payment to the complainant for the land acquired.
One Ram Balak Prasad, a resident of Kharaudh village under Sirdalla police station of Nawada district, had lodged a complaint with the Vigilance department that the clerk Shambhu Kumar was demanding a bribe of Rs 45,000 from him for making payment for acquisition of land.
The allegations were found to be correct during the verification carried out by the Bureau. During the verification, the accused clerk got ready to get the work done for Rs 30,000, the release said.
A flying squad team was constituted under Deputy Superintendent of Police Maharaj Kanishk Kumar who conducted a raid and caught Shambhu Kumar, the clerk with Land Acquisition Office, while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from Land Acquisition Office, Nawada.
The accused would be produced before a Special Vigilance Court (I) at Patna after interrogation, the release said.
Altogether 78 persons have been arrested in 71 trap cases laid by the Bureau so far in 2016.

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First Published: Sep 02 2016 | 6:57 PM IST

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