Gonda(UP), May 10: Anti-Corruption team caught Gram Panchayat Secretary Umesh Kumar Bharti red-handed while accepting a ₹10,000 bribe for issuing a birth certificate.
The official, posted in Babhnanot block, demanded the money from complainant Mohammad Ajmal in exchange for processing the paperwork, even though birth certificates carry no official fee.
Acting swiftly on the complaint, vigilance officers from the Devipatan division laid a trap inside the block premises and nabbed him with the marked cash.
The accused has been arrested and a case registered at Mankapur police station.
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