Ludhiana, April 17 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) arrested a patwari, posted in Payal, red-handed while accepting Rs.15,000 as bribe, officials said on Thursday.

An official spokesperson said a resident of Payal complained that the revenue official, Harkinder Singh, demanded Rs.25,000 in lieu of making some correction in his land mutation. He mentioned that the accused had already taken Rs.5,000 as the first bribe installment from the complainant who later approached the vigilance bureau. After a preliminary inquiry, a team laid a trap during which the accused was arrested red-handed while accepting Rs.15,000 from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses, the VB mentioned in a statement.

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