Mumbai Crime: Assistant Police Inspector arrested for taking Rs 2 lakh bribe

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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap late on Friday night and arrested a 45-year-old Assistant Police Inspector (API) attached to the Mumbai Crime Branch Property Cell for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh. A case has been registered against API Nagesh Puranik under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act.

According to the ACB, the complainant in the case is the wife of a luxury car theft accused, who was being investigated by Puranik. Her husband's friend is also an accused in the case. Puranik had demanded Rs 12 lakh from the complainant to stop the action against him.

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The woman paid Rs 4 lakh, but Puranik kept threatening her to demand the balance amount. When the complainant said that she could not pay Rs 8 lakh, Puranik agreed to settle the matter after getting R4 lakh more. Having no option left, the accused rushed to ACB office and registered a complaint, and the officials decided to lay a trap at property cell office.

On Friday night, when the complainant reached the property cell's on Friday to hand over the money to Puranik, the ACB arrested the officer. He was presented in the court on Saturday.

The ACB officer told the court, "When the woman gave Rs 2 lakh to Nagesh Puranik in the property cell office and Puranik took the money at the same time, the ACB arrested Puranik red-handed taking the money." The court has sent Nagesh Puranik to police custody till September 27.

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