Ranchi, Feb. 13 -- A Block Development Officer (BDO) in Jharkhand's Palamu district has been caught red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 7,000 by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday, an official said.
BDO Jaga Mahato was caught while taking the bribe inside his government accommodation located in the block office premises. Following his arrest, he was taken away to Medininagar and sent to judicial custody.
ACB DSP Karunanand Ram said that Mahato had demanded the bribe for releasing the measurement book (MB) for construction of an irrigation well project.
He said one Santosh Kumar Yadav of Tetariya village sanctioned an irrigation well project for which the MB was not released. When the contractor contacted the BDO for releasin...