B A Asari, a class-I officer of Gujarat Administrative Services (GAS) cadre, was caught at Mehsana collector office while taking the bribe, State Anti-Corruption Bureau stated in a release.
Asari, a deputy collector cadre officer, had conducted searches at the ration shop in the town few days back and seized some registers of the owner whose identity has been withheld.
"Asari took along the registers with him and threatened the complainant to cancel the ration shop license. To settle the matter, Asari demanded Rs 1 lakh as bribe. We laid a trap this evening outside his office and nabbed him red-handed while accepting the money," the statement said.