The sleuths of the vigilance department Ranchi, arrested the of the Kasmar block of Bokaro district, while accepting bribe from an applicant, who had applied for land mutation.
Sources informed that the revenue clerk Madan Kumar Mahto had demanded Rs 2100 as bribe of from the applicant Nasurula Ansari. The money was recovered from the drawer of the table of the clerk. The vigilance team including Magistrate Amit Kumar, Dy SP Santosh Kumar Pathak, Inspector Kanhai Sigh, Inspector Jitendra Dubey, Inspector DN Mandal entered the block office on Wednesday and sealed the entrance. The team also seized some incriminating documents.
Reports have it that the revenue clerk Madan Mohan Mahto was demanding Rs 2100 from a local villager Nasurula Ansari for clearance for his land mutation paper. The clerk had been delaying the clearance of his mutation paper for last six month. An aggrieved villager Ansari later approached Vigilance sleuth after which trap was laid to arrest the revenue clerk. Nasurula Ansari was sent to Kasmar block office this afternoon where he handed over Rs 2100 to the clerk. Vigilance officials soon got hold of Mahto, searched for incriminating papers in the block office and also recovered Rs 2100 from him which seems to have slerted the other block officials.