Darbhanga, April 23:Police today arrested two senior Agriculture department officials for taking a bribe of of Rs71,000 from fertilizer and pesticide dealers in Bihar'sDarbhanga district, an official said.
Acting on a tip off, a police team headed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Shalesh Kumar Sinha nabbed the Agriculture department officials Satyanarayan Mochi and Manoj Kumar as soon as they received the bribe amount from fertilizer and pesticide dealers in a hotel room, Sub-
Divisional Officer (SDO), Sadar, Sanjay Kumar Singh said.
Mochi and Kumar are posted as Joint Director and Assistant Director of the Agriculture department at Patna, he said.
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