Two Forest Guards were arrested today for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a farmer here in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, ACB officials said.
The two, Sandeep Shalik Sakharkar (27) and Sandeep Ramesh Pardhi (26), are posted at Mukutben forest range in Wani tehsil of Yavatmal district.
They were trapped by a team of Anti-Corruption Bureau after the farmer, Balaji Deorao Nandekar (39), a resident of village Heti in Chandrapur district, lodged a complaint.
Nandekar had removed stones from his farm and ferried them in a tractor without permission of the Forest Department.
The Guards demanded Rs 10,000 as bribe from Nandekar for not seizing his tractor. The farmer approached the ACB, Yavatmal which laid a trap and caught the duo while accepting the bribe, they added.
