Maharashtra: Two civic employees arrested for taking bribe

A 46-year-old clerk in the civic body and a 32-year-old worker in its Public Works Department (PWD) had demanded Rs 15,000 from a person for the assessment of his four houses and the property tax to be levied on them

The Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested two employees of the Ambernath Municipal Council in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a person in a property-related matter, the ACB said on Tuesday.

A 46-year-old clerk in the civic body and a 32-year-old worker in its Public Works Department (PWD) had demanded Rs 15,000 from a person for the assessment of his four houses and the property tax to be levied on them, Thane ACB inspector Sushma Andale said in a release.

The person lodged a complaint with the ACB, based on which the anti-graft agency laid a trap and caught the PWD worker while accepting Rs 13,000 from the complainant on Monday near a medical shop in Ambernath township, the official said.

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The clerk was picked up near the civic body's office and placed under arrest. The accused had already taken Rs 2,000 from the complainant on April 13, the release said.

A case was registered against the accused under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, it said.

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