SIRAHA: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has taken into custody the acting chief land revenue officer from the Office of Land Reform and Revenue in Siraha district on Friday morning.

Rambabu Mandal was apprehended with the bribe money of half a million rupees by a team of CIAA officials from Barbibas, Mahottari.

Mandal was arrested based on the information that he had asked for bribe from a service seeker for the purpose of sending his file to Janakpur High Court Office at Rajbiraj, informed Hari Prasad Ghimire, Information Officer at CIAA’s Bardibas office.

The accused has been taken to CIAA’s office at Bardibas for further investigation and to initiate legal action against him.