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Chatra SDO office staffer held accepting bribe
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|March 05, 2025
State Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested a computer operator of sub divisional officer (SDO)-cum-deputy collector (land and revenue) Aftab Ansari while accepting ₹10,000 bribe at the office in Chatra.
RANCHI:
The action was taken on the information of a 20-yr-old Anil Kumar Ram, a resident of Echaka Nayatand under Simaria police station of Chatra district who alerted ACB that a demand of ₹60,000 has been made by the accused for a favourable order in a land related case from the office of DC (land reforms) and the state probe agency found the allegation true after verification.
This story is from the March 05, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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