India News | Maha ACB Arrests Range Forest Officer, Worker for Bribery
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A forest department official and one more person was held by the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe.
Thane, Nov 9 (PTI) A forest department official and one more person was held by the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe.
ACB Thane unit SP Mahesh Patil said Range Forest Officer Dileep Tonde (36) of Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and forest department worker Anant Sonawane (41) were arrested from Vasai.
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"The official had demanded Rs 10 lakh from a man who agreed to pay Rs 2 lakh and then intimated ACB. We laid a trap at the forest department premises and arrested the official and the worker who came to collect the bribe amount," he said.
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