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Guwahati, Jul 18:With the continuous effort to curb corruption in the state, the Sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, trapped a Patwari from Assam’s Silchar district under bribery charges on Thursday.
The accused has been identified as Nurul Hoque Barbhuiya.
As per reports, Nurul was caught red-handed after he accepted a bribe in office in connection with the payment of compensation against land acquired for the construction of a road.
Earlier on July 15, Sub Inspector (SI) Fazail Haque of Fakirganj police station in Dhubri district was arrested on charges of bribery.
According to sources, sleuths of the anti-corruption team conducted a raid at the police station based on allegations that Haque had been demanding bribes for an extended period.