23 July,2023 07:51 AM IST | Guwahati | Agencies
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The vigilance wing of Assam Police seized more than Rs 2.32 crore during raids on residences of Biswajit Goswami, an Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer posted as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Dhubri Zila Parishad office.
An officer of the vigilance cell told IANS, "Goswami demanded a bribe from the complainant who approached the appropriate authority to raise a grievance. Accordingly, a trap was laid on Friday evening by a team of vigilance and anti-corruption wing officers in the office of CEO Zila Parishad in Dhubri."
"Mrinal Kanti Sarkar posted as additional district programme manager in Dhubri was caught red handed in the office chamber of the CEO Zila Parishad immediately after he accepted Rs 30,000 as part of demanded bribe from the complainant, according to the instruction of Biswajit Goswami," the officer added.
Both Goswami and Sarkar were arrested. Meanwhile, during a raid later, Rs 1.69 lakh was recovered from Goswami's official residence in Dhubri while more than Rs 2.31 crore was seized from the officer's house in Bongaigaon.
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