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GUWAHATI, March 22: The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department of Assam apprehended four officials on bribery charges in their respective offices on Wednesday. The Vigilance wing trapped red-handed and arrested a Lat Mandal, O/O Circle Officer named Lagan Basowa working in the Biswanath Revenue Circle along with a middleman named Rajesh Tanti. The individuals have been arrested for receiving demanded bribe from the complainant for the mutation of his purchased plot of land.
The second trap of the day has turned out to be a Chief Engineer, O/O Guwahati Municipal Corporation. The team nabbed Indrajit Bora after he accepted demanded bribe from the complainant for releasing his security deposit.
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While the third official arrested was Md. Azahar Ali Ahmed, Lat Mandal O/O Circle Officer, Baghbor Revenue Circle for receiving a demanded bribe of Rs20000/- from the complainant for the demarcation of his land.
IPS officer Surendra Kumar on his Twitter handle stated, “With this, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Department has executed 11 successful trap operations and arrested 15 persons so far in this month.”
Earlier on March 11, The sleuths of the directorate of Vigilance and Anti-corruption arrested a Lat Mandal of the Kalaigaon Revenue Circle Office on bribery charges in Kalaigaon of Udalguri district.
