The Thane division of anti-corruption bureau today arrested a block development officer in Sindhudurgh district for accepting a bribe to release the money due to a contractor.
Additional BDO Tukaram B Jadhav, the accused, is attached to Vengurla panchayat samiti in Sindhudurg district.
Additional superintendent of police Srinivas Ghadge told PTI that Jadhav was caught while accepting Rs 10,000 from the complainant, who had supplied street-light bracket units to the gram panchayat, at BDO office at Vengurla.
