India News | Maharashtra Forest Dept Official Booked for Demanding Rs 20 Lakh Bribe
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An FIR was registered against a Maharashtra forest department official and two persons in Palghar district for allegedly demanding a Rs 20 lakh bribe for helping a villager get back his land located in a forest area, an ACB official said on Tuesday.
Palghar, Dec 24 (PTI) An FIR was registered against a Maharashtra forest department official and two persons in Palghar district for allegedly demanding a Rs 20 lakh bribe for helping a villager get back his land located in a forest area, an ACB official said on Tuesday.
ACB (Palghar) Deputy Superintendent of Police, Harshal Chavan, stated that Forest Circle Officer, Mandvi range, Sandeep Choure, had allegedly demanded Rs 20 lakh from the complainant to free his land taken over in 2005 by SGNP (Sanjay Gandhi National Park) authorities.
Two private persons negotiated with the complainant and brought down the bribe demand to Rs 10 lakh and agreed to accept the same, the ACB stated.
The trio allegedly came to Evershine city in Vasai on December 13 but didn't collect the money. The ACB lodged an FIR at Mandvi police station on Monday under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
No arrest has been made so far.
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