Maha Revenue official two others held for accepting bribe in Bhiwandi
Thane Feb 25 PTI A revenue official and two others were arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to clear compensation for a man who lost his land to a railway project in Bhiwandi of Maharashtras Thane district police said on Friday The Anti-Corruption Bureau ACB on Thursday arrested Vitthal Gosavi 54 a nayab tehsildar at the office of the SDO Bhiwandi private agent Vijay Bhoir 28 and jeweller Laxman Singh Shankar Singh Rajpurohit 52 an official said The complainant had lost his land to a railway project and was supposed to get a compensation of Rs 55 lakh from the government through the office of the SDO for which he had applied he said Gosavi who was dealing with the case demanded Rs 9 lakh from the complainant to clear the amount and later brought down the sum to Rs 6 lakh he said The man approached the ACBs Mumbai unit with a complaint following which a trap was laid at the SDOs office and the official was caught accepting the bribe through the other accused the official said The ACB has recovered 43 signed cheques without names and over Rs 373 lakh cash from the accused he said adding that further probe is underway PTI COR ARU ARU
Thane Feb 25 PTI A revenue official and two others were arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to clear compensation for a man who lost his land to a railway project in Bhiwandi of Maharashtras Thane district police said on Friday The Anti-Corruption Bureau ACB on Thursday arrested Vitthal Gosavi 54 a nayab tehsildar at the office of the SDO Bhiwandi private agent Vijay Bhoir 28 and jeweller Laxman Singh Shankar Singh Rajpurohit 52 an official said The complainant had lost his land to a railway project and was supposed to get a compensation of Rs 55 lakh from the government through the office of the SDO for which he had applied he said Gosavi who was dealing with the case demanded Rs 9 lakh from the complainant to clear the amount and later brought down the sum to Rs 6 lakh he said The man approached the ACBs Mumbai unit with a complaint following which a trap was laid at the SDOs office and the official was caught accepting the bribe through the other accused the official said The ACB has recovered 43 signed cheques without names and over Rs 373 lakh cash from the accused he said adding that further probe is underway PTI COR ARU ARU
