Muzaffarpur, May 3 -- A revenue staff member of Motipur Thakaha, Pankaj Sinha, was arrested by the Bihar State Vigilance Bureau while he was accepting Rs 7000 as a bribe in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar on Saturday.

Official sources said here that on the basis of a complaint lodged with the Bureau by Arun Kumar, Pankaj was demanding Rs 7000 as a bribe for mutation. A team headed by DSP Sanjay Kumar caught him red-handed. A trap was laid, keeping vigil on the activities of Pankaj when he met the complainant for receiving a bribe, sources added.

"Arrested revenue staff would be produced before the special vigilance court in Muzaffarpur after his thorough interrogation," sources informed.

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