India News | Cop Among 3 Held for Bribery in Maha
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a police naik and two other persons in a case of bribery in Maharashtra's Thane district, the ACB said on Tuesday.
Thane, Nov 30 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a police naik and two other persons in a case of bribery in Maharashtra's Thane district, the ACB said on Tuesday.
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Ratnahar Ganpat Satre (38), posted at the Dombivli police station, and his associate Tanaji Pandurang Budruk (39) had allegedly demanded Rs 20,000 from a man for saving him from arrest in a case registered against him.
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They later settled the deal at Rs 15,000, Thane ACB's additional superintendent of police Anil Gerdikar said.
The man lodged a complaint with the ACB's Thane unit which on Monday caught a pan stall owner, Ashish Tribuvannath Dubey (32), while allegedly accepting a bribe amount of Rs 10,000 from the complainant at his shop on behalf of the policeman, the official said.
The ACB later arrested Dubey, Satre and Budruk, he added.
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