India News | .MUMBAI/THANE BES6 MH-BRIBE-SUSPENSION Civic Engineer Suspended for Taking Bribe After Video Goes Viral

Thane, Sep 11 (PTI) A junior engineer with the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) in Maharashtra has been suspended for allegedly taking bribe from a man, a video of which surfaced on social media, a civic official said.

The bribe amount and other details were not specified in the suspension order.

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In the order issued on Tuesday, KDMC commissioner Dr Indu Rani Jakhar said that Sanjay Somwanshi, a lab assistant who was also the officiating junior engineer of the security and quality control section, had taken bribe from a man on September 9 in his cabin at the corporation.

A video of it went viral on social media, the order noted.

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The incident has tarnished the KDMC's image and as a disciplinary action, the accused has been placed under suspension with immediate effect, it said.

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