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Latur: A 51-year-old village employment officer has been caught taking a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a person in Maharashtra's Latur district, police said on Wednesday.
A 30-year-old man from Shirala village had submitted a proposal to authorities for the approval of a well in the names of his mother and aunt.
The accused allegedly demanded Rs 15,000 from him for approving the proposal, the police said.
The man lodged a complaint with the Anti-Corruption Bureau which laid a trap at the Shirala gram panchayat office on Tuesday and caught the accused red-handed while accepting the bribe amount, they said.
A case has been registered against the accused under relevant legal provisions, the police said.