India News | Raj Govt Official Held for Graft

Jaipur, Apr 5 (PTI) A Rajasthan government official was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 95,000 in Ajmer on Wednesday, police said.

The complainant, a government official facing departmental action, alleged that Assistant Administrative Officer-cum-Reader in the Divisional Commissioner's Office Yakub Baksh demanded the money in lieu of getting a decision in his favour, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said.

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Baksh had already taken Rs 5,000 from the complainant, ACB's Additional Director General Hemant Priyadarshi said in a statement.

After verification of the complaint, an ACB team arrested Baksh red-handed while accepting the bribe, he said.

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The accused was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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