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The 29-year-old builder approached the ACB caput bureau successful Worli and lodged a ailment connected Tuesday. (File)
A elder Navi Mumbai constabulary inspector was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) connected Tuesday nighttime for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 3.5 lakh from a 29-year-old builder. ACB officials said that the inspector demanded wealth successful speech for not arresting the builder’s begetter successful a cheating case.
ACB officials identified the elder constabulary inspector arsenic Satish Kadam, the in-charge inspector of the NRI Coastal constabulary presumption successful Navi Mumbai, and said that helium was caught extracurricular his location successful Ulwe.
“The complainant’s begetter was arrested successful July aft a four-storey gathering collapsed successful Navi Mumbai. His begetter is inactive lodged successful Taloja jailhouse and the inspector had past accepted Rs 12 lakh and Rs 2 lakh successful 2 instalments from the 29-year-old, promising to assistance unafraid bail for his father,” an ACB serviceman said.
However, connected October 2, different cheating lawsuit was registered against the complainant’s begetter aft which Kadam allegedly contacted him again and promised not to apprehension him successful the caller case.
“As per procedure, the constabulary person to record an exertion successful tribunal again seeking custody for interrogation successful a cheating case. But Kadam promised not to instrumentality him into custody arsenic it whitethorn person affected his bail plea, and successful return, helium initially demanded Rs 5 lakh,” an ACB serviceman said.
The 29-year-old builder approached the ACB caput bureau successful Worli and lodged a ailment connected Tuesday.
“We verified the matter, aft which it came to airy that aft negotiations, Kadam had agreed to assistance for Rs 4 lakh, aft which helium asked the complainant to travel beneath his residential gathering successful Ulwe with the archetypal instalment of Rs 3.5 lakh,” an ACB serviceman said.
At astir 11 p.m. connected Tuesday, Kadam was allegedly caught red-handed successful the residential building’s assistance portion helium was heading location aft accepting the bribe. “We brought him to the caput bureau successful Worli and arrested him,” the serviceman said, adding that Kadam was booked nether Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The ACB officials volition analyse if Kadam has immoderate disproportionate assets successful his possession.
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