Bhiwandi Nizampur municipal clerk held for bribery in Thane district

An official on Friday said that a Bhiwandi Nizampur municipal clerk has been arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 10000 in Maharashtras Thane district reported news agency PTIAccused Ajay Gaikwad 42 an employee of Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation had demanded Rs 20000 from a man to facilitate some work concerning property tax said inspector Santosh Ambike of the AntiCorruption Bureau ACB in Thane reported PTIThe man then approached the antigraft agency which laid a trap The Bhiwandi Nizampur municipal clerk was caught redhanded on Thursday as he accepted the first instalment of Rs 10000 the official said reported PTIAn FIR has been registered against Gaikwad under the Prevention of Corruption ActRaigad education official held for taking Rs 40000 bribe from teacherA coordinator in the Raigad Zilla Parishads primary education department has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 40000 for releasing the salaries of four teachers the AntiCorruption Bureau said on Thursday reported PTIThe 47yearold accused was also a deputy teacher at a primary school at Jatade in Panvel area of Maharashtras Raigad district reported PTIHe had demanded Rs 40000 for releasing the June and July salaries of four teachers working in the Zilla Parishad schools the ACB said in a releaseOne of the teachers lodged a complaint with the ACBs Raigad unit which laid a trap on September 4 but failed to catch the accused as he got a tip about it and did not accept the bribe amount it said reported PTIA trap was laid again on Wednesday at Khalapur phata on the old MumbaiPune highway where the accused was caught accepting the bribe amount of Rs 40000 from the complainant an ACB official said reported PTIA case was registered against the accused under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act the antigraft agency saidPalghar cop booked for taking bribeAn FIR has been registered against a police naik in Maharashtras Palghar district for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10000 from a person for saving him from arrest in a case the AntiCorruption Bureau said reported PTIThe case against the complainant was registered at Boisar police station under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the ACB said in a release on Tuesday without elaborating reported PTIOn August 13 the accused allegedly demanded Rs 20000 from him to save him from arrest and also accepted a part payment of Rs 10000 at that time it said reported PTILater the accused started pestering the person for the remaining Rs 10000 and agreed to accept Rs 5000 reported PTIBased on the persons complaint the ACB on Tuesday lodged an FIR against the police naik under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act the release saidWith inputs from PTI