{
  "id": 13158692,
  "title": "MP’s Khandwa Panchayat Secretary Caught Taking ₹25,000 Bribe To Reduce Private School's ₹2.20 Lakh Property Tax",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/mps-khandwa-panchayat-secretary-caught-taking-25-000-bribe-to-reduce",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T16:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/mps-khandwa-panchayat-secretary-caught-taking-25000-bribe-to-reduce-private-schools-220-lakh-property-tax"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Khandwa (Madhya Pradesh): The Indore Lokayukta police team on Friday trapped Nahalda Gram Panchayat secretary Krishna Dev Patel while allegedly accepting a Rs 25,000 bribe. He allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 to reduce the property tax of a private school for two years. According to the Lokayukta, school founder Laxman Singh Chauhan lodged a complaint at the Indore Lokayukta office on Oct 5. He…",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}