Guwahati, May 22 -- The Assam Police on Friday seized nearly Rs.50 lakh in cash, Rs.80 lakh in fixed deposits and other items from the Guwahati residence of a state civil service officer accused of taking bribes.

The recoveries were made from the residence of Lachit Kumar Das, an Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer posted as the additional director of land records, according to a police release, which added that he was arrested on Thursday from his office in Guwahati while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.45,000 from a complainant.

Das was arrested by sleuths from the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption following a complaint that he had demanded Rs.1 lakh as a bribe to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) for land sale permiss...