A team of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption Cell of Assam arrested a Joint Secretary to the state government while accepting bribe.
The arrested official has been identified as KK Sharma.
He was caught red-handed while accepting an amount of Rs 90,000 from a complainant for the renewal of security firm license.
Meanwhile, ADGP (Law & Order) GP Singh tweeted, “In a late evening Ops, @DIR_VAC_ASSAM trapped red handed and arrested Sri KK Sharma ACS Joint Secretary to Govt of Assam after accepting INR 90k from complainant for renewal of security firm license.”
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