Lucknow, Dec. 11 -- The Anti-Corruption Organisation (ACO) carried out two trap operations on Wednesday in Muzaffarnagar and Gonda, leading to the arrest of two government employees for accepting bribes, according to a press note issued from police headquarters. In the first case, the ACO Saharanpur unit acted on a complaint from Narendra Kumar of Ghosiyan, Sardhana (Meerut). He reported that a revenue official had asked for a bribe to measure agricultural land. The ACO team set a trap near a private office at Bharat Milap Chowk, South Rampuri, Muzaffarnagar. During the operation, Rajan Kumar, a Chakbandi Lekhpal posted in circle Charthawal, was caught taking a bribe of Rs.20,000. Rajan Kumar, a resident of Hathi Karauda village in Shamli district, was arrested on the spot. Legal action has begun. In the second case, the ACO Gonda unit arrested a senior assistant posted at the Office of the chief medical officer (CMO), Gonda. The action followed a complaint from Ashish Pandey of Adampur village, Bahraich, who said a bribe was being demanded to process his medical reimbursement. The ACO team carried out the trap inside the CMO office and caught Shashikant Singh, senior assistant, accepting a bribe of Rs.5,000. Singh, a resident of Ballia district, was taken into custody. Legal procedures are underway. The Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Establishment, Jhansi Sector, on Wednesday arrested Pratibha Shalya, BDO of Kadaura block, Jalaun, while accepting a bribe of Rs.1,00,000, confirmed vigilance officials. They said the contractor- proprietor of Vivan Siddharth Contractor & Supplier, had complained that the BDO was demanding the bribe in exchange for clearing a payment of Rs.8,78,262 for an interlocking road construction project at a junior school in village Dhamna. The complainant requested a trap instead of paying the illegal gratification. A confidential inquiry confirmed the allegations, after which a vigilance team arrested the officer red-handed during the trap operation. A case has been registered at Kadaura police station, and further legal action is underway....