Maharashtra: Excise inspector caught taking bribe of Rs 50,000

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An excise inspector was caught red-handed while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a person in Maharashtra's Beed district, the ACB said.

The accused had allegedly demanded Rs 75,000 from the person for withdrawing his name from a complaint and later settled the deal at Rs 50,000, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said in a release on Wednesday.

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The person approached the ACB which laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting the money at his office in Beed on Wednesday, the release said.

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