GUWAHATI: The registrar of Bhattadev University, Guruprasad Khataniar, was arrested by the vigilance and anti-corruption (VAC) branch of state police in Guwahati on Saturday on charges of demanding a bribe.
The police had received a complaint from a contractor under the public works department that Khataniar had asked for Rs 1 lakh as bribe for releasing a bill for earth filling work in the university. Later, he had reduced the amount to Rs 50,000.
