Land records official arrested for ₹70 lakh bribe
The Hindu
He demanded the money to conduct the survey of a property
The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested an Assistant Director of Land Records (ADLR) and his assistant, a contract employee, for allegedly demanding a bribe and accepting an advance of ₹20 lakh from a landowner who needed his land surveyed. The landowner owns property on the outskirts of Bengaluru. He had approached ADLR Anand Kumar to get his land surveyed based on a High Court direction. The officer allegedly demanded ₹70 lakh to survey the land, and took ₹20 lakh in advance.
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