Thane, May 30 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a revenue official for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a man to carry out changes in land records in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Saturday.
The ACB’s Thane unit on Friday caught the accused, Ishwar Badrinath Jadhav (56), a revenue officer for the villages of Dwarli, Adivali, and Dhokli in Ambernath, red-handed while accepting the bribe, the official said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police, ACB-Thane, Anil Jaykar said the complainant had approached the revenue department seeking correction of succession-related entries in land records following the death of his father.
The complainant wanted earlier succession mutations cancelled and fresh entries made to include his step-sister as one of the legal heirs in the land records, he said.
According to the ACB, Jadhav allegedly demanded Rs 20,000 to process the work, including Rs 10,000 purportedly for himself and Rs 10,000 for the circle officer.
Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the ACB’s Thane unit and lodged a complaint.
The accused official has been arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the official said. PTI COR ARU
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