Raipur, Sep 20 (PTI) A janpad pachayat accountant and a village revenue officer were arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur and Surguja districts on Friday for allegedly seeking and accepting bribes, a senior Anti Corruption Bureau official said.
He identified the two as Satyendra Sinha, an assistant grade-II (accountant) of Manendragarh janpad panchayat, and village revenue officer Virendra Pandey posted in Bhittikala village in Surguja district.
“Sinha sought Rs 19,000 from a sarpanch to clear a bill of Rs 2.88 lakh connected to installation of street lights. He was caught red handed while accepting the money. Pandey sought Rs 5,000 from a man to make an entry into the revenue record book in connection with a plot of land,” he said.
The two were held under the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, he said. PTI COR BNM
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