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Karimganj, April 3: A Lat Mandal of Badarpur Circle was arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption on Monday for demanding an amount of Rs.1000/- from a person who had come to him for mutation of land. A complaint was received at the directorate alleging that Joysab Hussain Laskar, Lat Mandal, Office of the Circle Officer, Badarpur Circle, had demanded a bribe of Rs. 1000/- from the complainant.
Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption, Assam for taking necessary legal action against the Lat Mandal.
According to information, Laskar was caught red-handed while accepting demanded money from complainant for processing his land mutation works.
On the official twitter handle, the anti-corruption cell wrote, “Today, a team of @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red handed and arrested Sh Joyshab Hussain Laskar, Lat Mandal of O/O Circle Officer, Badarpur, Karimganj after he accepted bribe from the complainant for processing his land mutation works.”
