Thane Dec 27 PTI An Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation UMC staffer was arrested in Thane district on Monday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said The accused identified as Anil Khaturani demanded Rs 50000 from a person for allowing some construction work and was pestering him for the remainder of the amount after taking Rs 25000 he said He was held in a trap and has been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act he added PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Nagpur Nov 23 PTI A computer operator attached to Nagpur tehsils setu suvidha kendra was caught on Tuesday by the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau for allegedly demanding Rs 70 as bribe from a person to issue an income certificate an official said He identified the arrested person as Pawan Eknath Binekar 31 who has been charged by Sadar police under Prevention of Corruption Act The complainant wanted an income certificate for his daughters education scholarship he added PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Mumbai Oct 30 PTI A magistrates court here on Saturday issued a non- bailable warrant NBW against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in an alleged extortion case registered in suburban Goregaon This is the second such order against Singh this week On Tuesday a court in neighbouring Thane had issued an NBW against him in connection with another extortion case registered against him The crime branch of Mumbai Police said it approached the Mumbai court for issuance of an NBW as Singh did not respond to its summons to join the investigation The summons were issued to Singh twice once at his official residence here and another at his Chandigarh address said a police official The court issued warrant against businessman Vinay Singh and alleged gangster Riyaz Bhatti too Besides Singh dismissed assistant police inspector Sachin Waze is also an accused in the case registered at Goregaon police station Builder-hotelier Bimal Agrawal the complainant had alleged that Singh and others tried to extort money from him Singh was shunted out from the post of Mumbai police commissioner in March 2021 in the aftermath of the discovery of an SUV with explosives near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis residence in south Mumbai and the arrest of Sachin Waze in the case Singh later accused then Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh of corruption The IPS officer is also facing inquiry by the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau and a case filed by a police officer from Akola against him under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act Recently the Maharashtra government had told the Bombay High Court that it did not know Singhs whereabouts PTI AVI DC KRK KRK

Nagpur Oct 26 PTI The assistant administrative officer of Saoner panchayat samiti in Nagpur was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe said a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official Yogesh Sangewar demanded Rs 5000 from a staffer who wanted his relieving order said the official He was held in a trap while accepting Rs 5000 He was charged under Prevention of Corruption Act the official added PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Thane Aug 30 PTI A Class I revenue official and his peon were arrested on Monday in Kalyan in Thane district for allegedly demanding and accepting bribes a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said Kalyan tehsildar Deepak Alde 45 had allegedly demanded Rs 1 lakh from a person to issue an order over a land deal while his peon Manohar Harad 42 sought Rs 20000 as bribe he said The two were held in a trap laid during the day after which a case under Prevention of Corruption Act was lodged in Kalyan police station he informed PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Nagpur Aug 24 PTI An assistant sub inspector of Nagpur rural police was on Tuesday nabbed for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a bar owner a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said Jaiprakash Sharma 52 attached to the local crime branch had taken action against the bar owner for flouting COVID-19 norms and operating a home delivery mechanism and had then demanded Rs 60000 per month from him for not proceeding with the case he said He was held in a trap in Fetari area while accepting Rs 10000 from the complainant A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered at Kalmeshwar police station the ACB official informed PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Pune Aug 23 PTI A Pune Municipal Corporation sub-engineer was arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 40000 for clearing bills of a construction contractor a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said on Monday Sudhir Sonawane 39 attached to the street department of the civic body demanded Rs 50000 as bribe from a contractor to clear bills and was held in a trap while accepting Rs 40000 he said The official said a case under Prevention of Corruption Act was registered at Shivajinagar police station PTI SPK BNM BNM BNM