Acting on a complaint lodged by one Mrityunjaya Kumar, a vigilance team laid a trap and caught circle amin Shiv Shankar Ram red haded as soon as he took Rs 5000 as bribe from Kumar at Daud Nagar block office, Additional Director General of Police (Vigilance), Ravinder Kumar said.
The amin had demanded Rs 10,000 as bribe for preparing a report about measurement of the complainant's land, he said.
The vigilance department has so far laid 82 traps and arrested 85 tainted government servants on graft charge this year, he said.