Guwahati, Sept. 7 -- The sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption of Assam police caught a government employee red-handed while he accepted a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a person in his office in Guwahati, officials said.

The arrested government employee was identified as Nabajyoti Deka, Senior Assistant, Office of the Directorate of Health Service, Hengrabari, Kamrup (M).

Rajib Saikia, CPRO of Assam police, said that a complaint was received at the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, alleging that Nabajyoti Deka, Senior Assistant of the Directorate of Health Service, Hengrabari, Kamrup (M), Assam, had demanded Rs 10,000 as a bribe from the complainant (a doctor) for processing his unpaid arrear salary bill work.

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