Assam: Senior cooperative society official arrested for accepting bribe

Guwahati: A team of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam Police on Wednesday arrested a Senior Assistant of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies from Khanapara in Guwahati.

The accused has been identified as Bidyadhar Das who according to sources was caught red-handed while accepting bribes.

The arrest was made after Das had accepted a bribe from a complainant in exchange of processing their pension file.

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The complainant, who reported the incident to the V&AC testified against Das in the presence of witnesses.

2nd trap of the day.
A team of @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red handed and arrested Bidyadhar Das, Senior Asstt. O/O the Registrar, Cooperative Society, Assam, Khanapara, after he accepted demanded bribe from the complainant for processing his Pension File @CMOfficeAssam @assampolice pic.twitter.com/QJQ96XTSzb

— Surendra Kumar (@surendrakr_ips) March 3, 2023

The accused was arrested following a trap laid out based on the complaint. He has been taken into custody and further investigation has been initiated.

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In a separate incident, the V&AC team arrested another official for accepting bribes.

V&AC sleuths arrested Bajlul Basit Sarkar, a Block Elementary Education Officer of Matia Block in Goalpara while accepting a bribe from a complainant for signing his bank loan documents.