The Special Police Establishment of lokayukta caught Patwari Rohit Thakur of Mhow tehsil office accepting bribe of Rs 50,000 from a villager.
Patwari of halka no 23 of Mhow tehsil Rohit Thakur was caught red handed when he was accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 for delaying the order of possession of land.
lokayukta police (Indore) DSP Praveen Singh Baghel told that Ramesh Patidar family members own 24 bigha land in Ambachandan village in Mhow tehsil. Out of this 24 bigha land a judgement for 7 bigha land was pending in the court of Naib Tehsildar Mhow Manish Shrivastava.
Naib Tehsildar court had passed an order against his family recently. According to order the possession of land was to be given to Asha Bai and Sharda Bai of Indore. Ramesh appealed in civil court for which the date of case was fixed as 5 march and they were hopeful that they will get a stay by civil court. Ramesh asked patwari Rohit Thakur not to initiate the process of possession of land to Asha Bai and Sharda Bai till March 5. Patwari Rohit Thakur demanded Rs one lakh to delay the order of judgment of possession of land to the beneficiaries.
He agreed to take the bribe money in two parts. Ramesh complained to Indore lokayukta about this matter. lokaukta arrested patwari Rohit Thakur when he was accepting bribe money just few feet away from the main gate of Mhow Tehsil as former SDM Sandeep GR has secured the Mhow tehsil premises with 16 CCTV cameras.
Notably, earlier too, a patwari Kamal BC of Mhow tehsil office was caught red handed accepting a bribe of Rs 100,000 from a villager.