MORIGAON: A gram panchayat secretary in Assam has been arrested by the sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DV&AC), Assam.
The gram panchayat secretary was arrested on Thursday (April 06) for allegedly accepting bribe in Morigaon district of Assam.
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The arrested gram panchayat secretary has been identified as Mukut Chandra Kumar.
Kumar was serving as the secretary of Lahkarghat gram panchayat in Assam.
He was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the complainant.
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The arrested gram panchayat secretary had demanded money from the complainant in exchange for the release of a check for house fixing work.
Also read: Assam police sub-inspector caught red-handed ‘accepting bribe’ in Nagaon
Earlier on Wednesday (April 05), a sub-inspector serving with the Assam police was arrested for allegedly accepting bribe in Nagaon district of the state.
The accused sub-inspector was allegedly caught red-handed allegedly taking bribe by sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption (DV&AC), Assam.
The accused has been identified as Suruzul Haque.
Haque is posted as a sub-inspector at the Nagaon police station in Assam.
The accused officer allegedly demanded bribe from the complainant for giving him relief in an old pending case.