A revenue official in Rajasthan has been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe for land mutation, highlighting ongoing concerns about corruption in land administration.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday arrested a revenue official and a middleman in Rajasthan's Alwar district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a person for land mutation, officials said.
ACB Director General Govind Gupta said the middleman, identified as Ravi, was caught red-handed while taking the bribe amount for Govindgarh tehsildar Basant Kumar Parsoya.
The complainant in the case had claimed that he was being harassed for the mutation of land in his name based on a will. Despite submitting all required documents and a favourable order passed by a sub-divisional court on December 3, directing the tehsildar to register the matter, the file was kept pending, it was alleged.
Gupta said the tehsildar allegedly demanded Rs 5 lakh through the middleman to process the mutation in favour of the complainant.
After verification of the complaint, an ACB team laid a trap and caught the middleman while accepting the first instalment of Rs 1.5 lakh. Subsequently, the tehsildar was also arrested from his office, officials said.
Further investigation into the case was underway, they added.