Overview
- A vigilance team laid a verified trap at the Directorate of Land Records office and arrested Lachit Kumar Das after he was caught accepting Rs 45,000, officials said on May 21.
- Searches of Das’s Guwahati residence recovered roughly Rs 48.38 lakh in cash, fixed-deposit receipts reportedly totaling about Rs 80 lakh, over 500 grams of gold, a money-counting machine and property and bank documents.
- Authorities registered ACB P.S. Case No. 19/2026 under Section 7(a) of the Prevention of Corruption Act for acceptance of illegal gratification and have begun legal follow-up steps.
- Vigilance officials have opened a formal probe into possible disproportionate assets linked to Das and his family and are verifying properties and bank records for unexplained wealth.
- Officials framed the action as part of intensified anti-bribery work by the V&AC, noting this is the fourth bribery-related arrest in roughly a month and further enforcement or asset actions could follow.