The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught the chief of a municipal council in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district Wednesday while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh.
Nanasaheb Vishvanath Mahanwar, chief officer of the Devlali-Pravra Municipal Council, was allegedly taking money through assistant fireman Mukund Musmade.
Mahanwar had allegedly demanded bribe from a contractor, whose contract for garbage collection and cleaning of roads at Rahata town had been suspended, an ACB release said.
Mahanwar allegedly promised to restore the contract if the contractor paid him bribe, the ACB said.
After the contractor approached the ACB, a trap was laid, and Musmade was caught while taking bribe on behalf of Mahanwar at a hotel on Ahmednagar-Manmad road, it said. Mahanwar was detained subsequently.
A case was registered at Rahuri police station.
It was Mahanwar who, as district planning officer, had first cleared the e-tender filed by the contractor in 2018. However, the contract was cancelled later because of various complaints.