Maha: Clerk held for accepting bribe from farmer

Press Trust of India  |  Nagpur 

A clerk with the Land Acquisition

department of the Maharashtra government was arrested on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 7,000 from a farmer whose land had been acquired for the Gosikhurd irrigation project, an ACB official said.

The accused Dilip Khedkar (53) had allegedly demanded the bribe from the farmer, a resident of Jivnapur village, after releasing the increased compensation for his land, which was acquired by the state Irrigation department.

The clerk was arrested from his residence in Gopal Nagar in the city, he said.

A case has been registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The ACB has been probing the alleged irregularities in the Gosikhurd irrigation project in east Maharashtra.

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First Published: Mon, February 24 2020. 22:28 IST