2 Lat Mandals Held On Graft Charges In Assam
Guwahati: The Lat Mandal of the Biswanath Revenue circle in Assam has been taken into custody by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Wednesday on suspicion of bribery.
The arrested Lat Mandal has been identified as Lagan Basowar, who is posted at O/O Circle Officer, Biswanath Revenue Circle.
The vigilance team claims that Basowar was caught red-handed taking bribe money from the complainant in exchange for changing the legal description of his purchased parcel of land.
Rajesh Tanti, the middleman who accepted the money and collaborated with the Lat Mandal in the bribery case was also arrested by the crew.
Taking to Twitter, IPS Surendra Kumar informed,”Today, a team of @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red handed and arrested Sh Lagan Basowar, Lat Mandal, O/O Circle Officer, Biswanath Revenue Circle after he accepted demanded bribe from the complainant for mutation of his purchased plot of land. @CMOfficeAssam @assampolice.”
In another tweet, he shared a picture of the accused middle-man and wrote, “In the same trap operation, Sh Rajesh Tanti, middleman was also apprehended by @DIR_VAC_ASSAM for accepting the bribe and conspiring with the Lat Mandal in the bribery case. @CMOfficeAssam @assampolice.”
A squad from the anti-corruption cell arrested the Lat Mandal of the Baghbor Revenue Circle in Barpeta in a separate operation for accepting bribes.
The arrested individual, identified as Azahar Ali Ahmed, was caught red-handed by the team while taking Rs 20,000 in bribe money from the complainant for the demarcation of his land.
“Third trap of the day. A team of @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red handed and arrested Md. Azahar Ali Ahmed, Lat Mandal O/O Circle Officer, Baghbor Revenue Circle after he accepted demanded bribe of Rs20000/ from the complainant for demarcation of his land. @CMOfficeAssam @assampolice,” Kumar tweeted.
Notably, this is the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-third Corruption’s arrest of the day.
The chief engineer at the Guwahati Municipal Corporation was detained in Guwahati for taking a required payment from the complainant in exchange for the release of his security deposit.
The arrested chief engineer has been identified as Indrajit Bora.
According to Kumar, the vigilance team has so far this month carried out 11 successful trap operations and made 15 arrests.
