Sub-registrar held in graft case

In his complaint to the ACB, Soni said that the sub-registrar earlier used to 8220;charge8221; Rs 5,000 for change of title, but had recently increased his charges8217; to one per cent of the total value of the property. As the company was not ready to pay such a huge amount 8212; which was in addition to other official levies 8212; Soni approached the ACB for help and the latter then laid the trap.

ACB Assistant Director M S Kara, who formed a three-member team for purpose, told Express Newsline that the currency notes which were to be handed over to the accused were sprinkled with a powder visible only through a microscope. And as soon as the complainant handed the powdered currency notes to the sub-registrar, the latter was arrested by the three ACB sleuths waiting outside his office.