India News | Mumbai: Two Civic Engineers Held for Bribery by ACB
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two engineers of the BMC's Building and Factory department were arrested on Monday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.90 lakh from a businessman, an Anti Corruption Bureau official said.
Mumbai, Jul 4 (PTI) Two engineers of the BMC's Building and Factory department were arrested on Monday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.90 lakh from a businessman, an Anti Corruption Bureau official said.
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They have been identified as D Ward staffers Amol Chandrakant Thavil (39) and Dattatray Sambhaji Mane (36), he said.
"As per the complainant, who is a automobile spare parts dealer, the two officials sought Rs 2 lakh to allow him to build a shed for his shop. He approached the ACB and Thavil and Mane were held while accepting Rs 1.90 lakh. They have been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act," he said.
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