Special tahsildar held on bribery charge

Venkatachalapathy,  Special Tahsildar (Bengaluru South), has been arrested by the  Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on a charge of  bribery.  

A man had approached the tahsildar's office seeking adjudication in a case pertaining to dividing an acre of land in Hulimavu. The land is owned by the man's father. The tahsildar reportedly demanded  Rs 15 lakh to give a favourable verdict. The man went to the ACB.  

Acting on  his complaint, ACB sleuths laid a trap. Venkatachalapathy had purportedly engaged a tout named Madhu to accept the first instalment of Rs 5 lakh on his behalf. ACB sleuths caught Madhu taking the bribe. They later arrested  Venkatachalapathy, too.