Man burns bribe amount to avoid being caught
The Hindu
A man, who was “instructed” by a tahsildar to collect "bribe" amount of ₹5 lakh allegedly burnt the currency notes at his house in Nagarkurnool district on Tuesday to avoid being caught by t
A man, who was “instructed” by a tahsildar to collect "bribe" amount of ₹5 lakh allegedly burnt the currency notes at his house in Nagarkurnool district on Tuesday to avoid being caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the agency said. While 46 currency notes of ₹2,000 denomination (amounting to ₹92,000) from the total bribe amount of ₹5 lakh were completely burnt, remaining notes in denomination of ₹500 and of ₹2,000 were partially burnt, a senior ACB official said. The tahsildar of Veldanda mandal had allegedly asked the man (a private person) to collect the bribe from the complainant for doing an official favour, an ACB release said here.
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