A clerk at the Labour Department was caught red-handed by sleuths at the Anti-Corruption Bureau while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000, officials said yesterday. Based on a complaint filed by Tej Bahadur, a shopkeeper at Harpur area, two days ago, a case was registered, they said.

In his complaint, Bahadur had accused the clerk, identified as Yashwant Singh, of demanding a bribe of Rs 5,000. A team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau led by Inspector J P Pandey laid a trap and caught the clerk red-handed while accepting the bribe.