Assistant commissioner sent to jail

Patna, Feb 24 (UNI) Special vigilance judge of Patna S P N Singh today remanded an assistant commissioner of commercial taxes and a tout in judicial custody in a bribery case.

During the day accused assistant commissioner of commercial taxes in Gaya circle Kapildev Singh anda tout Sidhanath Prasad Munib were produced by the officials of vigilance bureau before the designated judge who sent them to jail till March 9 next.

According to the charges accused were arrested by the bureau while accepting grafts of Rs 6500 from a medicine vendor.

Meanwhile, the judge Mr Singh turned down the regular bail plea of Mahthawa branch manager of Kosi Kshetriya Gramin Bank in Araria district, Arun Chandra Gupta and a peon Rabindra Kumar Sah in a bribery case. Both the accused were arrested by bureau sleuths on January 23 last while accepting a illegal graft of Rs 1000 from a farmer to release his loan amount.

UNI