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Vigilance team catches DPR officer taking bribe of Rs 20,000 in Bijnor

Bijnor, Apr 8 (UNI) In a major anti-corruption action in Bijnor, a vigilance team from Bareilly caught District Panchayati Raj Officer (DPRO) Rizwan Ahmad red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 inside his office on Wednesday.
The accused was arrested following a complaint by a gram panchayat secretary, Shubham Malik, who alleged that the officer had demanded Rs 50,000 in exchange for assigning him a preferred gram panchayat and closing an ongoing inquiry against him.
The deal was later settled at Rs 20,000.
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