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Another Assam government official arrested in graft case

| @indiablooms | Sep 23, 2017, at 04:37 am
Guwahati, Sept 22 (IBNS): The sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (V&AC) of Assam police on Friday arrested another government official after on bribery charges for alleged settlement of a local market in Assam’s Darrang district.

According to the reports, Project Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Darrang district rural development agency Bhupesh Chandra Das was caught red handed at his office at Mangaldoi in the lower Assam district by the V&AC.

A top official of V&AC said that, the arrested official has allegedly taken bribe for settlement of a local market under the office.

Meanwhile, the V&AC team has also raided the arrested official’s residence.

V&AC has arrested over 50 government officials in graft cases in the state in past a year.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

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