The ACB officials arrested Vishwajeet Powar, assistant engineer and Vithal Lamane, supervisor attached to the water department in the ‘L’ ward in Kurla after civic contractor Santosh Powar lodged a complaint against them.
ACB officials said Santosh had approached Powar and Lamane to get permission for 15 water connections in a slum area in Kurla. The duo, however, demanded Rs1,000 for each water connection and another Rs7,000 to expedite the proceedings.
Santosh, who did not intend to pay the bribe, approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Sleuths of the bureau, after verifying the complaint, laid a trap and arrested assistant engineer and the supervisor red-handed while accepting the bribe money. The two have been remanded in judicial custody till January 9.