Indore, Aug 7 (PTI) A government official was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a teacher for transfer of land in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district on Monday, a Lokayukta official said.

Acting on a tip-off, Lokayukta officials laid a trap and caught Patwari Hemant Rathore (35), posted at Ranapur in Jhabua district, red-handed while accepting Rs 30,000 at his official residence, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Praveen Singh Baghel said.

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A relative of the complainant Kishore Singh Parmar (48), a government school teacher, had recently bought agricultural land in Sotia Jalam village and had sought a map from the official, he said.

"The official allegedly demanded Rs 63,000 from the complainant to provide the map and subsequently transfer the land in the revenue records,” Baghel said.

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Rathore was caught while accepting the first instalment of the bribe, he said.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against the accused official, who has not been arrested, the official said, adding that a notice has also been served to him under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) that he will cooperate with the Lokayukta police's investigation.

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