Pune: Revenue dept clerk held for taking Rs 1.6L bribe for land allotment to 8 project affected families

Pune ACB had received a ailment from a antheral whose associated household was slated to person compensatory onshore from the authorities due to the fact that theirs had been acquired for the Temghar dam project. The 8 members of this associated household are to person 2 gunthas (a guntha is 1 fortieth of an acre) of land. The connection for the last allotment of the said bid was pending earlier the said bureau of the gross department.

The complainant had approached the ACB earlier this period aft Badade allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 4 lakh — Rs 50,000 for each of the 8 families for the last allotment. The bribe request was verified by the ACB connected February 7. The bribe magnitude was negotiated to Rs 3.2 lakh and a trap was acceptable up astatine the bureau of Pune City – Shirur sub divisional serviceman connected Monday. Marne was caught reddish handed accepting Rs 1.6 lakh from the full bribe amount. He was placed nether apprehension subsequently.

Badade and Marne were produced earlier a tribunal successful Pune and person been remanded to constabulary custody for 2 days. “As portion of the probe we volition analyse if immoderate elder serviceman is progressive successful this graft case.” said an ACB official.