Vadodara: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) caught a labour officer attached to the labour commissionerate while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 70,000.




According to ACB officials, the complainant had applied for a labour licence for his business at the assistant labour commissioner ’s office. Assistant labour commissioner Deepak Chauhan allegedly demanded Rs 70,000 to issue the licence.




The complainant approached the ACB, which laid a trap to catch Chauhan. He had sent labour officer Ranjitsinh Jadhav to collect the bribe from the complainant.




The ACB team caught Jadhav red-handed while he was accepting the bribe, officials said.