Dehradun, May 14 -- Over the instructions of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, action against corruption is continuously going on in the state.

On Tuesday, Virendra Singh Kaintura, appointed as Nazir in Tehsil Dhanolti, District Tehri, was arrested red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 15,000.

In this regard, the complainant had given a complaint letter to the Vigilance Establishment Sector Dehradun, that, on 31 January 2025, his wife had purchased about 1500 sq.m. of land in village Chhanad, Thatyud Jaunpur District Tehri Garhwal, in whose mutation file, Tehsil Nazir Birendra Singh Kaintura is deliberately applying wrong objection report, and bribe is being demanded in lieu of correct report and inclusion of name in mutat...