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Village revenue officer arrested on graft charges in AP

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Press Trust of India Machilipatnam (AP)

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday evening arrested a village revenue officer in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a farmer, officials said.

ACB Deputy Superintendent of Police T Kanaka Raju said P Jayakrishna of the Tiruvur Tehsildar office had demanded Rs 16,000 as bribe for processing pattadar passbooks from K Chandramouliswara Rao.

Later the farmer approached ACB officials and lodged a complaint.

Based on the complaint, ACB officials arrested Jayakrishna while he was accepting the in his office, the officials said.

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First Published: Dec 18 2019 | 11:05 PM IST

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