CIDCO officer, aide arrested in Navi Mumbai over Rs 2 lakh bribery case

The AntiCorruption Bureau ACB has arrested a senior official of the City and Industrial Development Corporation CIDCO and his associate for allegedly accepting a Rs 2 lakh bribe from a contractor in Navi Mumbai officials said on Thursday reported news agency PTIThe accused officer aged 57 was working as an assistant estate officer with City and Industrial Development Corporation His associate was allegedly used as a middleman to collect the bribe the AntiCorruption Bureau saidAccording to the ACB the complainant is a contractor who deals with society registrations and property transfers He had applied online for the transfer of a flat in Sanpada Navi Mumbai on June 11 2025 and had submitted all required documents including a valid power of attorney However the application was allegedly kept pending without explanation reported PTIThe contractor later approached the ACB on January 22 2026 claiming that the CIDCO official demanded Rs 4 lakh to clear the flat transfer During verification investigators found that the demand was subsequently reduced to Rs 2 lakh to be accepted through an associateActing on the complaint the ACB set a trap on Wednesday and caught the associate redhanded while accepting the bribe at a hotel near Nerul railway station The CIDCO official was later taken into custody reported PTIBoth accused have been arrested and booked under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act officials addedConstable another person arrested in bribery case inspector transferredIn another case a police constable and another man were arrested in the district on Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes from sand transporters the AntiCorruption Bureau said reported PTIBeed superintendent of police Navneet Kanwat ordered transfer of inspector Rahul Suryatal of Majalgaon city police station to Beed control room following the incident reported PTIThe accused constable identified as Amol Kadam had allegedly demanded a monthly bribe of Rs 20000 from the complainant to ensure smooth movement of sandladen vehicles just days after sand mining tenders were finalised in the district reported PTIThe money was to be collected through a private individual Tatyasaheb ArdeA team from the Jalna unit of the ACB led by deputy superintendent of police Balasaheb Jadhav laid a trap near Lendal Hospital on the Majalgaon bypass road and caught Arde while allegedly accepting the bribe amount on Kadams behalfBoth were taken into custody and a case was being registered against them the ACB saidWith inputs from PTI