Ballia (UP), April 09 A Block Development Officer (BDO) was today arrested by a vigilance department team for allegedly accepting a bribe from a contractor here.
On a complaint of contractor Santosh, the vigilance team raided the house of B N Misra, BDO of Belhari Kshetra panchayat, and arrested him for accepting the bribe of Rs 15,000, officials said.
District Magistrate Sainthal Pandiyan said that the arrested BDO would be suspended soon.
—–PTI