The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) caught the chief of District Land Reform Office, Saptari, red-handed with bribe in Rajbiraj on Thursday.

According to DSP Kishan Singh Thapa of the Eastern Regional Police Office of the anti-graft constitutional body, Prakash Pokharel was caught red-handed while receiving Rs 100,000 as kickback from a service seeker.

Pokharel was arrested based on a complaint lodged by the victim.

DSP Thapa said that Pokharel along with the seized money has been sent to Kathmandu for further investigation and action.