An executive engineer of water supply department in Raigad Zilla Parishad, currently posted at Alibaug, was arrested by ACB today for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 20,000 for returning official favour.
Interestingly, Pralhad Giridharrao Birajdar (50) had been acquitted by a court in 2010 on the charge of accepting bribe of Rs 5000 in 2004.
"Birajdar had demanded Rs 60,000 for approving and sanctioning bills for water supply works undertaken by the complainant," said ACB ASP (Thane division) Srinivas Ghadge.
Birajdar was trapped here when he was accepting Rs 20,000 from the complainant as a "token amount".
"A unit led by DYSP Sunil Kalgutkar and police inspector Anil Kadam laid a trap and nabbed Birajdar. Officials also found a sum of Rs 70,000 in his pocket, for which he could not give satisfactory reply," he said.
Birajdar, a deputy executive engineer with Water Supply Department of Raigad ZP, currently holds the charge of executive engineer of the department.
A case under sections 7,13(1)(d) and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 has been registered against Birajdar with local police station, he said.
