Arrest of an Excise Officer for accepting a bribe of Rs.1,000,000/-

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Arrest of an Excise Officer for accepting a bribe of Rs.1,000,000/-

The Investigation Officers of CIABOC have apprehended an Excise Officer on 08.06.2018 when obtaining a bribe of Rs.1, 000,000/- having received a sum of Rs.2, 920, 000/- previously from the total amount of Rs.6, 000,000/- solicited as a bribe to abstain from taking legal action against the husband of the complainant arrested for possessing illicit drug pills and to file a case against another allegation.

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