LUCKNOW, June 2 -- Continuing its crackdown against corruption, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Corruption Organisation (ACO) arrested six government employees and associates in four separate trap operations carried out across the state on June 1 and 2, said officials in a press note released on Tuesday.

The coordinated action was carried out by the ACO units in Agra, Ayodhya, Banda and Gorakhpur in line with the state government's "zero tolerance" policy against corruption.

In Firozabad, the Agra unit arrested two people while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.20,000 in connection with a consolidation case pending before the office of the Settlement Officer (Consolidation). The action followed a complaint by Ram Kumar of Shikohabad, who alleged...