Jaipur, February 25 The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested a patwari (a village-level revenue officer) in the Dholpur district on Wednesday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, officials said.
According to the bureau, Birendra Kumar Sharma, who was posted as a patwari in the Basai Samanta revenue circle, was arrested during an operation.
The complainant alleged that the accused was demanding Rs 50,000 to process a land mutation entry and had been harassing him for the payment, an official statement said.
Based on the complaint, a team from the bureau laid a trap on Wednesday and caught the accused while accepting the bribe amount, officials said.
Further investigation and legal action in the case are underway, the statement added.