Administrative officer of Naval housing colony arrested for graft

Updated on: 01 December,2018 09:07 PM IST | Mumbai
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Mohammed Hussain Mujawar, the accused, is Commander and Administrative Officer of Naval Civilian Housing Colony (NCHC) in suburban Kanjur Marg, a CBI release said Saturday

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The administrative officer of a naval housing colony in Mumbai has been arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe for allowing a tuition to run from the colony.

Mohammed Hussain Mujawar, the accused, is Commander and Administrative Officer of Naval Civilian Housing Colony (NCHC) in suburban Kanjur Marg, a CBI release said Saturday.

Mujawar was caught Friday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000, it said. He had allegedly demanded Rs 25,000 from a person to allow him to run tuition classes in the colony, and later agreed to accept Rs 20,000, it said.

Following a complaint, the CBI laid a trapand caught Mujawar red-handed. Further probe is on, the release said.

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