Thane, Jul 12 (PTI) The Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested an official from the revenue department for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, an official said on Tuesday.
A team from the Navi Mumbai ACB on Monday laid a trap and caught Sandeep Rode (57), a circle officer from the revenue department, while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 in Kharghar, Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB) Navi Mumbai Jyoti Deshmukh said in a release.
Rode, who is the circle officer of the revenue department from Jasai in Uran, had allegedly demanded Rs 25,000 from man who was operating a container yard illegally in Uran, she said.
A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered in this regard, the official added. PTI COR ARU ARU
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