- विज्ञापन -
Patna: The State Vigilance Bureau (SVB) of Bihar on Thursday arrested Ashish Kumar, a revenue official at the Khaira block office in Jamui district, for accepting a bribe of Rs 60,000.
The arrest followed a complaint by Surendra Singh, a resident of Shringarpur, who alleged that Kumar demanded money to resolve a land dispute.
Acting on the complaint, the SVB set up a trap and apprehended Kumar at the Panchayat Bhawan in Khaira block.
This marks the fifth such operation by the vigilance bureau to apprehend corrupt government officials this year. The accused was brought to Patna for further action. He is booked under the relevant sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sahita (BNS) act in Patna’s vigilance police station. He will be produced in the special court for further inquiry.
Earlier on February 11, a sub-inspector of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur was arrested red-handed by the Vigilance Department while accepting a Rs 75,000 bribe in Muzaffarpur district on Tuesday. The alleged sub-inspector Raushan Kumar, a 2019-batch officer, was posted at Saraiya police station in the district.
