Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths on Tuesday arrested North Goa Additional District Collector Sabaji Shetye while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 for granting a no-objection certificate (NoC) for an explosives licence.
A police spokesperson said Rs 25,000 was a part of the total bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh demanded by Shetye for the no-objection certificate.
"We laid a trap and he was caught red-handed accepting Rs 25,000 bribe from an applicant," he added.
Shetye, currently in police custody, has been taken to the Goa Medical College near Panaji for medical examination.
--IANS
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