GUWAHATI: Sleuths of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Directorate (VACD) arrested a lot mandal from the Narayanpur revenue circle office in Lakhimpur district, Assam on charges of bribery on Saturday.

The lot mandal Dulal Chandra Baniya had demanded Rs 80,000 as a bribe from an individual for processing mutation works. Later, the lot mandal had reduced the amount of bribe to Rs 60,000.

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The individual approached the VAC Directorate to take necessary legal action against the public servant.

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“A trap was laid today by a team from the VAC Directorate at Dhalpur under Lakhimpur district. Dulal Chandra Baniya was caught red-handed in his home at Dhalpur at 9:35 am, in the presence of independent witnesses, immediately after he accepted Rs 5,000 as part of the demanded bribe from the individual,” police said.

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“The bribe money was recovered from him in the presence of independent witnesses,” they said.

“During a search of the house of the public servant, an additional amount of Rs 2,49,900 was recovered and was seized,” they also said.

“In this connection, a case has been registered in ACB Police Station on vide ACB PS case No 73/2023 under section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018),” they added.