Ara: A team of Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Tuesday arrested a panchayat secretary at Ara sadar block office for accepting a bribe of Rs10,000 purportedly for issuing a birth certificate of a woman.
DSP, special vigilance unit, Patna, Chandra Bhushan, told reporters in Ara on Tuesday that acting on a complaint that Jeetendra Prasad, panchayat secretary of Daulatpur panchayat in Ara sadar block, was demanding a bribe of Rs10,000 for issuing a birth certificate, he was arrested. The panchayat secretary earlier had demanded Rs20,000 as a bribe, but later he reduced it to Rs10,000.
The panchayat secretary is native of Sheikhpura district.
The complainant, Navin Kumar Singh, a resident of Pipra in Motihari, said her married daughter, a resident of Dariyapur village in Bhojpur district, had been running from pillar to post for the last four months to get the birth certificate of her mother-in-law issued.
To get the work done, the panchayat secretary first demanded Rs20,000 as bribe but later reduced it to Rs10,000 for issuing the birth certificate.
The complainant, Navin Kumar Singh, lodged a complaint with the vigilance department on Thursday against the panchayat secretary.
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