A revenue department official was arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district on Monday, police said.
On the complaint of one Rampal Singh that lekhpal Ramchandra was demanding bribe for some work, a police team caught him red-handed in Nawabganj township, Superintendent of Police (Anti Corruption Organisation) Rajiv Mehrotra said.
A case has been registered and further investigation is underway, he pointed out.
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