A Commercial Tax Officer was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths Thursday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, officials said.
The accused, Mahaveer Singh Aasiwal, had demanded the bribe from Komal Singh for some official work, following which he lodged a complaint, they said.
"After verification of the complaint, a trap was laid today and the accused was caught in his office red-handed while accepting the bribe amount of Rs 50,000," an official of the ACB said.
A case was registered against him under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, he added.
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