SURKHET, July 12: Bhakta Bahadur Lama, an official at the Division Forest Office was arrested while taking a bribe of Rs 400,000 from the service seekers on Friday afternoon.
A team of officials from the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Regional Office Surkhet arrested Lama while forest officer Lama was receiving the bribe from the service seekers at his office based in Birendranagar.
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Spokesperson of the CIAA Regional Office Surkhet, told Republica Online that they will launch further investigation against Lama.