A shocking case from MP’s Katni has come to light where a Patwari chewed the bribe amount in his mouth. It is being told that the Patwari was caught red-handed by the Lokayukta’s team while taking bribe. After which he tried to save himself and chewed the bribe amount in his mouth and swallowed it. The video of this incident is becoming fiercely viral on social media.
A patwari in Katni, allegedly swallowed money he had accepted as a bribe after noticing a team of the Lokayukta's Special Police Establishment pic.twitter.com/AgsOyDsnGM
— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) July 24, 2023
It’s being told that Patwari Gajendra Singh, posted in village Bilhari Halka, had demanded a bribe of 5000 rupees from the complainant Chandan Singh Lodhi in a land case. Chandan Singh complained about this to Lokayukta Jabalpur. After this Lokayukta’s team reached the spot and caught the Patwari red-handed taking bribe. But Patwari Gajendra Singh chewed the 9 notes of 500 he received as bribe.
In a bizarre incident, a Patwari chewed-swallowed Rs 4500 cash taken as bribe from a farmer on seeing team of anti-corruption sleuths rush to nab him with the bribe money in MP's Katni district on Monday. @NewIndianXpress@TheMornStandard@santwana99@Shahid_Faridi_ pic.twitter.com/5lfNoF3PwN
— Anuraag Singh (@anuraag_niebpl) July 24, 2023