UDAIPUR: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths arrested a woman sarpanch and an ex-sarpanch, for accepting Rs 1 lakh bribe against transfer and conversion of an agricultural piece of land in Bagund village under Bhadesar panchayat samiti of Chittorgarh district The ACB team in Udaipur had received a complaint from one Bheru Singh who claimed that he had one bigha of agricultural land at Bagund and he wanted to convert it for residential purpose. He approached sarpanch Samri Devi who said that she would sign the required documents, however, she asked the complainant to meet ex-sarpanch Bhairon Singh, who she said dealt with the money matters.“The complainant met the former sarpanch who said that the conversion process would be initiated if he pays Rs 2 lakh to them. The deal was finally struck for Rs 1 lakh and after verification of the complaint, the ACB laid the net to trap the couple," Dy SP Rajiv Joshi told TOI.On Friday, Bheru Singh went to Bhadsoda circle where he had asked the Bhairon Singh to come to collect the bribe amount. When the accused arrived and took the bribe money, the ACB team nabbed him while another team arrested Samri Devi and took both of them to Mangalwad police station.

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