The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested an Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation Assistant Commissioner and another official for allegedly demanding as well as accepting a bribe from a complainant.
Additional Superintendent of ACB Thane Division Srinivas Ghadge told PTI that the accused allegedly demanded a bribe from the complainant for not demolishing his house.
The aggrived complainant registered an offence with the ACB's Thane unit which laid a trap and caught the duo, the ACB official said.
Assistant Commissioner Ratan Bhavrao Kedar (56) and Raju Tirathdas Sanghani (53) allegedly demanded and accepted a a total amount of Rs 7,000 from the complainant.
While the Assistant Commissioner accepted Rs 5,000, the other official accepted Rs 2,000, the ACB officer said, who added that both of them have been arrested by ACB.
Offences under Sections 7, Section 13(1)(d) and Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, have been registered against the arrested at the local police station, he said.
