According to official sources, the company's liaison officer Umeshbhai Soni had been visiting the sub-registrar for change of title of one of the shops in a building constructed by Jayraj. The shop had been sold to one Atul Shah.

In his complaint to the ACB, Soni said that the sub-registrar earlier used to ``charge'' Rs 5,000 for change of title, but had recently increased his `charges' to one per cent of the total value of the property. As the company was not ready to pay such a huge amount -- which was in addition to other official levies -- Soni approached the ACB for help and the latter then laid the trap.

ACB Assistant Director M S Kara, who formed a three-member team for purpose, told Express Newsline that the currency notes which were to be handed over to the accused were sprinkled with a powder visible only through a microscope. And as soon as the complainant handed the powdered currency notes to the sub-registrar, the latter was arrested by the three ACB sleuths waiting outside his office.