Sonepat: Patwari, middleman held in graft case

Inspector Jagjit Singh, posted in Sonepat bureau said that they have received a complaint from Sisana resident Anil Kumar that patwari Sudesh has been demanding ₹25,000 to clear a file pertaining to ownership of his family of a plot in the village.

The Haryana State Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a woman patwari and middleman from Sonepat’s Kharkhauda while accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 in lieu of clearing a file pertaining to the registry of a plot. The bureau officials from Sonepat and Rohtak conducted a raid and arrested patwari Sudesh and middleman Krishan Chand, a tea-seller.Inspector Jagjit Singh, posted in Sonepat bureau said that they have received a complaint from Sisana resident Anil Kumar that patwari Sudesh has been demanding ₹25,000 to clear a file pertaining to ownership of his family of a plot in the village.“The Haryana government has been giving ownership rights to those living on the same plot or house in villages for the last 25 years and Anil had also applied for the ownership of a 450 yard plot in the village. The patwari and the complainant later struck the deal at ₹20,000. The complainant gave the money to the tea-seller, who went to handover the same to patwari at her office. We arrested the duo red-handed from the spot,” the inspector added. He said the patwari has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and would be produced in the court.

The Haryana State Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a woman patwari and middleman from Sonepat’s Kharkhauda while accepting a bribe of ₹20,000 in lieu of clearing a file pertaining to the registry of a plot. (Representational image)

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