Guwahati: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption sleuths on Thursday apprehended an officer of state agriculture department for taking bribe.
The arrested official, identified as Papori Das who is senior assistant in Agriculture Department was caught red-handed while accepting bribe worth Rs 15,000.
Taking to micro-blogging site twitter, GP Singh, Assam's special DGP, confirmed the development and said,'' A team from @DIR_VAC_ASSAM, Assam laid a trap at Athgaon, Guwahati and caught red handed one Ms Papori Das, Senior Assistant,Agriculture Deptt, Secretariat,Dispur while receiving bribe of Rs.15000/- for processing compassionate appointment file. @assampolice @CMOfficeAssam''.
Earlier, in this year, a similar incident took place where, a government official in Guwahati was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.
The accused, a deputy director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, had allegedly requested money in exchange for permission to transport three cows from Alipurduar, West Bengal, to his farm in Kokrajhar.
According to Assam police Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Rajib Saikia, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Kokrajhar district received a complaint that the complainant owning a dairy farm wanted to bring three milch cows to his farm from Alipurduar. He approached Dr Bhuyan for the necessary transit permit for the purpose.
The sleuths had recovered the bribe amount from Dr Bhuyan in the presence of independent witnesses.
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