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Two Forest Officials Arrested for Taking Rs 50000 Bribe in Jaipur
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News18•08-10-2026, 22:45
Two Forest Officials Arrested for Taking Rs 50000 Bribe in Jaipur
- •The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested a forester and a forest guard at Nahargarh Sanctuary for accepting a Rs 50000 bribe.
- •Forester Shyam Singh and forest guard Shivkishore were caught red-handed at the Kala Mahadev forest outpost.
- •The accused demanded bribes to facilitate the refund of a security deposit for a shooting assignment at Maotha in Amer.
- •A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act and further investigation is currently underway.
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Two forest officials stationed at the Nahargarh Sanctuary were arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday for allegedly accepting a Rs 50,000 bribe to facilitate the refund of a security deposit related to a shooting assignment at Maotha in Amer.
An ACB Special Unit-II team caught forester Shyam Singh accepting Rs 20,000 and forest guard Shivkishore taking Rs 30,000 at the Kala Mahadev forest outpost in Nahargarh Sanctuary.
A formal case has been registered against the accused forest officials under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and further investigation by the Anti-Corruption Bureau is currently underway.