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UP Revenue Official Held While Taking A Bribe

Officials from the Anti-Corruption Organisation caught a revenue official accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 for land measurement at the Utraula tehsil office Balrampur on Saturday.

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UP Revenue Official Held While Taking A Bribe
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A revenue official posted at the Utraula tehsil office in Balrampur was caught by a team from the Anti-Corruption Organisation while accepting a Rs 10,000 bribe for land measurement, an official said on Saturday.
    
Karta Ram Yadav, a resident of the tehsil's Shahpur Etai village, had complained to the Anti-Corruption Organisation's Ayodhya unit that despite the sub-district magistrate's orders, revenue official Dileep Yadav was not measuring his land, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Saxena said 
    
"Based on his complaint, the team on Friday arrested Yadav while taking the bribe," said Saxena.