Tax officer arrested while accepting bribe

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:58 [IST]

Gaya, Feb 23 (UNI) Bihar vigilance sleuths today arrested assistant commercial tax commissioner Kapildev Singh while accepting bribe of Rs 6,500 from a businessman.

Official sources said the police conducted an operation to arrest the tax officer red handed.

Meanwhile, a report from Samastipur said a clerk in the electricity department was also today arrested today under similar circumstances.

UNI

Topics: CRIME-OFFICER-ARRESTED

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