Gwalior, June 29: Gwalior Lokayukta Police has arrested a Patwari red handed while taking a bribe of three and a half thousand.
According to the information, Puran Singh Gurjar, a resident of village Ano of Gohad tehsil of Bhind, met Patwari Shivcharan Singh Narwariya to transfer his uncle's one and a half bigha land.
The Patwari demanded eight thousand rupees for the transfer but Puran Singh gave four and a half thousand rupees but the boss Patwari said that he would transfer the name only after giving the full amount.
After this, Puran complained about the whole matter.
Gwalior Lokayukta caught the Patwari after verifying the complaint, as soon as Singh gave three and a half thousand rupees to Patwari Shivcharan Singh, Lokayukta caught him red handed.
The bribe amount was recovered from the accused's pant pocket.
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