Haryana: Patwari & Munshi held for graft
Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has arrested a Patwari and his private munshi for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2000.
Haryana State Vigilance Bureau has caught a district horticulture officer red-handed while accepting Rs 30,000 as bribe for processing the application of the complainant for subsidy purposes.
Sharing the details, a spokesperson of the Bureau informed that the arrested accused has been identified as Mahavir Sharma, posted as district horticulture officer, Panipat.
Tanvir, a farmer of Pathargarh village filed a complaint with the Vigilance Bureau that accused the officer demanding Rs 30,000 in lieu of processing his application for subsidy.
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Acting on the complaint, a team of the Vigilance bureau laid a trap and arrested the officer red-handed in the presence of the duty magistrate while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act had been registered against the accused in the Bureau’s police station. A further investigation is underway, the spokesperson said.
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