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Clerk arrested in Farrukhabad for accepting Rs 15,000 bribe

Farrukhabad, Nov 14 (UNI) A clerk posted at the Superintendent of Police (SP) office in Farrukhabad has been arrested on charges of bribery on Friday. A six-member team from the Lucknow Anti-Corruption Organization unit caught him red-handed while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000.
According to officials, the accused clerk, Harendra Singh Chauhan, posted as Bade Babu (senior clerk) in the office of SP Aarti Singh, had demanded a bribe from Head Constable Aditya Kumar in exchange for clearing his TA-DA related departmental work. Aditya Kumar subsequently filed a complaint with the Lucknow Anti-Corruption Organization Headquarters.
A preliminary inquiry found the complaint to be valid, after which a trap was laid. The six-member team, led by Rajan Kumar Rawat, arrived in Farrukhabad early in the morning on Friday. Dressed in plain clothes, the team reached the SP office around 10 am. The complainant was given a bundle of marked currency notes beforehand.
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