India News | Civic Engineer Caught Taking Rs 40,000 Bribe in Thane District

Thane, Jul 25 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a 57-year-old assistant engineer from a civic body in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 concerning a petrol pump, an official said on Friday.

Accused Ravindra Ahire from the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation allegedly accepted the bribe to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) related to underground drainage clearance for the fuel station, the ACB official said.

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Deputy Superintendent of Police Anil Jaykar of ACB Thane said Ahire had demanded Rs 60,000 to issue the NOC, which is essential to start operations of a new petrol pump.

After being alerted , the ACB laid a trap in Ahire's car on Thursday and caught him red-handed while accepting Rs 40,000 bribe, the official said.

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Ahire has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act, he added.

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