BHOPAL: An official swallowed the bribe money when the Lokayukta police came to arrest him. The Lokayukta Special Police Establishment came to arrest Gajendra Singh, a revenue officer in Madhya Pradesh's Katni in the bribery case. However, when the officers arrived for the raid, Gajendra Singh swallowed the bribe money of Rs 5,000.

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

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Chandan Singh Lodhi, a native of Barkheda, approached Gajendra Singh to demarcate the land he owned. However, he demanded Rs 5000 from the farmer as bribe. The farmer, who was unable to pay, filed a complaint at the Lokayukta office in Jabalpur. The farmer then came to Gajendra Singh's office with the money given by the Lokayukta officials. Soon after accepting the money, Gajendra Singh swallowed the money seeing them.

He was soon rushed to the hospital for medical examination. A case has been registered and further probe is underway, said the police.