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Assam V&AC sleuth arrests police official for taking bribe

| | Apr 25, 2017, at 01:05 am
Guwahati, Apr 24 (IBNS): The sleuths of Vigilance of Anti-Corruption of Assam police on Monday arrested a police official for allegedly taking bribe in Kamrup district.

Following a complaint by a person, a V&AC team arrested red handed a sub-inspector Bakul Saikia of Boko police station in the lower Assam district while the police official has taken bribe from the complainer.

“The arrested police official had allegedly taken bribe for clearance of seizure articles, vehicles,” a top police official said.

The V&AC had arrested over 30 government officials for taking bribes in this year so far.

In last year, the sleuths of V&AC had arrested DFO Mahat Talukdar from his office in Dhemaji.

Recently, the V&AC team arrested the secretary of state Irrigation department Kujendra Doley from his office in Dispur Janata Bhawan for allegedly taking bribes from a contractor.

(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)

 

 

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