Latest News | Cop, Aide Held for Demanding Bribe of Rs 50,000 in Thane District

Thane, Mar 1 (PTI) A police constable and his aide have been arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a man to permit him to sell narcotics in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Saturday.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Pandurang Sagle (34), a constable with the Tulinj police station, and a vendor who accepted the bribe on his behalf on Friday, inspector Vijay Kawle of Thane ACB said.

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He said the accused constable allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 from the complainant each month for allowing him to sell mephedrone.

The man approached the Thane ACB, following which a trap was laid, and the duo was caught.

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