Updated: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 09:21 (IST) The anti-corruption department in Araria district has arrested a data entry operator while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000. After the arrest, the operator’s health deteriorated, after which he was hospitalized. The anti-corruption department is investigating the matter. Data entry operator arrested with Rs 10000 bribe, Samvad Sutra, Forbesganj (Araria). The team of the vigilance department raided the zonal office Forbesganj on Friday and arrested the data entry operator of the office with Rs 10,000 as bribe. CO Pankaj Kumar fled the office as soon as he came to know about the raid. The name of the data entry operator caught under surveillance is Yogesh Kumar Chaudhary, a resident of Rampur North Ward No. 3 Forbesganj. Remove Advertisement Read Only News When the operator’s health deteriorated after the arrest, the team took him to the Sub-Divisional Hospital Forbesganj for treatment. Where after first aid the doctors saw the critical condition and referred him for better treatment. After that the officials included in the team of surveillance department took him to Purnia. In the case, it is said that the surveillance department received information that money was being demanded in the office in the name of mutation. After verification of the complaint by the team, led by DSP Vindeshwar Prasad of the department, inspectors Avinash Kumar, Ajay Kumar, Sonu Kumar and others reached and laid siege to the zonal office. The complainant is said to have given a bribe of ten thousand rupees to the data entry operator Yogesh Kumar Chaudhary on the instructions of the monitoring team. This would be given to the CO. In this sequence, the surveillance team arrived and caught the operator with Rs 10,000 cash. Here, as soon as the information about the surveillance team reaching the zonal office was received, CO Pankaj Kumar fled from the office. Attempts were made by the watchdog to contact the CO, but no contact was made. Here, as soon as the information was received about the arrest of the operator and his deteriorating health, SDPO Mukesh Kumar Saha, Police Station Head Raghavendra Kumar Singh, reached the sub-divisional hospital and took information. The officials included in the monitoring division team present in the hospital refrained from giving any information to the media about the raid. When contacted, DSP Vigilance Bindeshwar Prasad said bribes were demanded in the name of mutation. After its verification, the operator Yogesh Kumar Choudhary was arrested with a bribe of Rs 10,000 by the team that arrived. When the operator’s health deteriorated, he was brought to the sub-divisional hospital for treatment. Where the doctor referred him for better treatment.