Mumbai LIVE: Two civic officials, driver caught taking bribe from builder

A man was arrested for using the modus operandi of conmen in Hindi film `Special 26` to allegedly dupe job aspirants, a police official said on Monday. The man, a resident of Osmanabad, posed as a desk officer of the Supreme Court and promised jobs in the apex court, he said. (PTI)

Activists of the rival Shiv Sena factions clashed over taking control of a `shakha` or local office of the party in Maharashtra`s Thane city on late Monday night, prompting the police to intervene to bring order. Members of the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and rival Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) engaged in a scuffle over establishing control of the `shakha` in the Shivai Nagar area of the city located adjoining Mumbai. (PTI)

Two civic officials and a driver were on Monday arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a builder in Maharashtra`s Thane district, an official from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said. The Thane ACB arrested three officials attached to the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation under the Prevention of Corruption Act, he said. Two of the accused officials had demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a builder who was carrying out construction activities in the municipal limits, the official said. Following negotiations, the accused settled for Rs 20,000. A trap was laid by the ACB based on a complaint from the builder, he said. (PTI)

A carcass of a tigress was found in the buffer zone of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Maharashtra`s Chandrapur district, an official said on Monday: PTI