Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation has arrested an employee of the Revenue Department and his conduit for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000.

A team of SVO arrested Assadullah Baba, a Patwari of Ralwalpora area in Srinagar, and his conduit Shakeel Ahmad Itoo for accepting the bribe yesterday, an official spokesman said on Wednesday.

A complaint was lodged in this regard by a resident of Rawalpora who alleged that Baba had demanded a bribe from him.