While accepting bribes, Assam government officials were caught red-handed.

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• Jul 29, 2022 | Sourav Boruah

Digital Desk: Two members of the state government were
caught receiving a bribe by the Assam police's vigilance and anti-corruption
unit on Friday. According to sources, in one of the incidences, the Morigaon
police and the anti-corruption wing set a trap and caught Barsha Bora Bordoloi,
the district excise superintendent of Morigaon, red-handed while taking a
bribe.

While requesting Rs 1 lakh from a person to get permission
for a wine shop in the district, the aforementioned culprit was detained. When
receiving the money, she was detained after a complaint was made against her.

Similar to this, Nabajyoti Sarma, the assistant office of
the block elementary education officer (BEEO), Khuwang, Dibrugarh, was detained
while taking bribe money in another operation by the anti-corruption wing. In
the meantime, a police official in Assam's Darrang district was recently
detained on suspicion of making money falsely. According to sources, Utpal
Bora, the officer-in-charge (OC) at the Kharupetia police station in the
Darrang district, was named as the guilty officer.

According
to reports, Bora used to make up cases against people in an effort to extort
money from them. According to reports, after registering fictitious charges
against a teacher and a doctor, he reportedly wanted a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from
them. This went on for a while, and after he was captured, his wrongdoings
finally came to light.