Hoshangabad/Makhannagar: The Lokayukt team on Tuesday caught a patwari red handed taking bribe of Rs 4,000 in Makhannagar. As soon as the Patwari realised the action against him, he began chewing the notes.



Later, when Patwari washed his mouth, it was all red because of the chemical present on the notes.



According to the Lokayukt team DSP Raghuvanshi, farmer Shinarayan Pal had bought 4 acres of land from Anil Gurbani of Itarsi. When Pal approached Patwari Balram Dubey for land registration he demanded bribe of Rs 5,000.



Shinarayan Pal gave Rs 1,000 to Balram on October 01 and also complained to the Lokayukt. Later, the Lokayukt team charted a plan to arrested Balram.

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