The Anti-Corruption Bureau has caught a revenue officer while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 for approving a land mutation entry in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, the ACB said, reported PTI.

A 48-year-old retired Merchant Navy personnel had purchased 218 square metres of land at Mouje Savarde in the district in the name of his wife. Following instructions from the local talathi regarding the mutation entry, he met a circle officer on August 3 for official approval, reported PTI.