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Clerk held for accepting Rs 10,500 bribe

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Press Trust of India Katihar (Bihar)

Vigilance Investigation Bureau today caught a head clerk with Katihar district fisheries department red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,500 here, vigilance sources said.

The head clerk had demanded the bribe from a beneficiary for releasing funds available under a scheme of fisheries department.

The beneficiary lodged a complaint with the vigilance department and the clerk was arrested from the office of district fisheries department in Katihar town, the sources said.

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First Published: Apr 27 2018 | 5:20 PM IST

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