The Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam trapped and arrested red-handed a Lat Mandal on bribery charges in Nalbari district on Wednesday.
The tainted Lat Mandal has been identified as Khagen Kalita. He was employed at the Office of the circle officer in Nalbari's Ghograpar Revenue Circle.
According to reports, Kalita had allegedly demanded Rs 6,000 as bribe from a complainant for issuing land sale permission. Later, the Lat Mandal reduced the amount of bribe to Rs 5,500. Unwilling to pay the bribe the complainant approached the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption for taking necessary legal action against the public servant.
He was reportedly trapped red-handed by the offcials of the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption today while accepting Rs 5,000 as a part of the the demanded bribe from the complainant inside the circle office.
Meanwhile, taking to platform 'X', the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption wrote, "Today @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red handed Khagen Kalita, Lot Mandal of O/O the Circle Officer, Ghograpar Revenue Circle, Dist- Nalbari, after he accepted demanded bribe from the complainant in the office, for issuing land sale permission."
