Nagpur, Apr 4 (PTI) A land records department staffer was held for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 16,000 in Katol in Nagpur on Monday, an Anti Corruption Bureau official said.

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Pankaj Hiraman Ambhore (44), assistant (headquarters) in the office of the Deputy Superintendent of Land Record, Katol, had demanded a bribe from a farmer to issue a certificate.

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The farmer approached ACB and Ambhore was held in a trap, the official added.

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