According to ACB police, the tahsildar demanded Rs 10,000 from the victim for facilitating the registration of a gift deed in respect of the agricultural land belonging to the complainant’s aunt in the name of his father and accepted to take Rs 8,000.— DC Image

KARIMNAGAR: Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths trapped Vemulawada rural Tahsildar, Md. Abubakar, and Bhu Bharati operator Sankasala Anil Kumar while accepting an Rs 8,000 bribe from the complainant.

According to ACB police, the tahsildar demanded Rs  10,000 from the victim for facilitating the registration of a gift deed in respect of the agricultural land belonging to the complainant’s aunt in the name of his father and accepted to take Rs 8,000.

Unable to give the bribe, the victim approached the ACB, who hatched a plan and caught Anil Kumar while accepting the bribe based on the instruction of the tahsildar.

Both the tahsildar and the operator were arrested and produced in the ACB court, Karimnagar.

On the other hand, local people celebrated the arrest of Abubakar by bursting crackers in front of the tahsildar's office.

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