{"id":135861,"date":"2025-03-05T19:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T13:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=135861"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T13:55:15","slug":"corruption-exposed-bajali-assistant-commissioner-arrested-in-bribery-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=135861","title":{"rendered":"Corruption Exposed: Bajali Assistant Commissioner Arrested in Bribery Sting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-135852\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/New-Logo-Smal.jpg?resize=155%2C43&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"155\" height=\"43\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">I<\/span>n the state, a corrupt officer has once again fallen into the trap of the anti-corruption branch. This time, an <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=116962\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ACS officer<\/a> has been detained for bribery.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135862\" style=\"width: 728px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Corruption Exposed: Bajali Assistant Commissioner Arrested in Bribery Sting\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-135862\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/14426861173382433075.jpeg?resize=728%2C475&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Corruption Exposed: Bajali Assistant Commissioner Arrested in Bribery Sting\" width=\"728\" height=\"475\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Corruption Exposed: Bajali Assistant Commissioner Arrested in Bribery Sting<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to reports, a team from the anti-corruption branch conducted a raid today at the office of the district commissioner in Bajali. During the operation, the assistant commissioner of the district, Gourav Shekhar Das, was caught in the act of taking a bribe of 50,000 rupees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> Allegedly, he had taken this money from a local businessman. It is noteworthy that the anti-corruption branch has also made a statement regarding this matter through X (formerly Twitter).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the state, a corrupt officer has once again fallen into the trap of the anti-corruption branch. This time, an ACS officer has been detained for bribery. According to reports, a team from the anti-corruption branch conducted a raid today at the office of the district commissioner in Bajali. During the operation, the assistant commissioner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","jnews_video_option_group":[[]],"override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"News Desk :"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[200],"tags":[41918,41906,41905,36815,41912,41907,41909,36802,41917,41904,41911,41919,41915,41908,41913,21841,41910,41914,41916,19748],"class_list":["post-135861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-assam","tag-accountability-in-public-office","tag-acs-officer-detained","tag-anti-corruption-branch","tag-anti-corruption-efforts","tag-anti-corruption-statement","tag-bajali-district-commissioner","tag-bribe-of-50000-rupees","tag-bribery-case","tag-bribery-investigation","tag-corrupt-officer","tag-corruption-raid","tag-ethical-standards","tag-financial-misconduct","tag-gourav-shankar-das","tag-government-corruption","tag-law-enforcement","tag-local-businessman-bribery","tag-public-service-integrity","tag-transparency-in-governance","tag-whistleblower-protections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157510,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=157510","url_meta":{"origin":135861,"position":0},"title":"Tinsukia Gang-Rape : Young Woman, Accused Held from Arunachal","author":"News Desk","date":"August 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A woman, aged about 18\u201319, was allegedly gang-raped by four men on the evening of August 14 in Namphai Lishang village under the Jagun Police Outpost in Tinsukia district, Assam, police said, and one of the accused has since been arrested from neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh. 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