Salary lost in the stock market in Khandwa: Wife says salary will be delayed, caught taking a bribe of 25,000; Lokayukta is gathering evidence against the secretary.

Krishnadeo Patel, the secretary of Gram Panchayat Nahalda in Khandwa, lost his September salary in the stock market. His bank balance was also depleted. Amidst the financial crisis, he was afraid of having to account for it to his wife. During this time, due to negligence in his work, he was removed from the Panchayat and attached to the Janpad Panchayat. It is alleged that after this, he started demanding money from large property tax defaulters in the Panchayat area in the name of settlement.