Patwari Trapped Taking INR 47,000 Bribe In Panna
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Special Police Establishment (SPE), Lokayukta Sagar has trapped a patwari posted in Panna district for taking bribe of Rs 47,000 on Thursday. Patwari Santosh Kumar Chikwa demanded Rs 80,000 to prepare the certificate. SP DK Rathore said that the complainant, Ramgopal Adivasi, a resident of village Gahdera, owned a land which got submerged in Dodhan dam being constructed…
A patwari in Panna district, Santosh Kumar Chikwa, has been caught demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 47,000 from a family member involved in a land dispute, according to local police and Lokayukta Sagar. The complainant, Ramgopal Adivasi, owned land that was submerged in a dam being constructed for the Ken-Betwa river link project.
He was seeking a compensation of Rs 2.19 lakh for his submerged land and needed a patwari's report for his deceased grandmother's death certificate. The patwari demanded Rs 80,000 for the certificate but only received Rs 30,000 from Ramgopal. When asked to give the remaining amount, Ramgopal handed over Rs 47,000, leading to his arrest by the Special Police Establishment's trap team.
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