Anti-corruption team arrests Lekhpal for taking Rs 3,000 bribe

BIJNOR: The Moradabad branch of the state anti-corruption team led by inspector Kushalveer Singh, on Wednesday, arrested aLekhpal in Amroha for accepting Rs 3,000 as bribe to get a certain work done, following a tip-off. The Lekhpal, Yogesh Kumar of

Hasanpur tahsil

, was arrested and taken to Hasanpur police station. A case is yet to be lodged against him, though.

Confirming the incident,

Hasanpur SHO Neeraj Kumar

said, “An anti-corruption team arrested

Lekhpal Yogesh Kumar

for taking abribe of Rs 3,000, after the victim, a farmer, filed a complaint against the revenue dept staff with the anti-corruption branch.”