ACB traps two while taking bribe……Alka Panse
NAGPUR: Two persons were caught red-handed while taking a bribe in two separate incidents by the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Swinging into action after complaints were lodged by the victims, ACB personnel tapped phone calls and nabbed the accused in the act.
In one incident, sarpanch Kusum Ambhore (39) was arrested while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000. Police said that complainant Sunil Sharma (50), a resident of Shivajinagar, was holding a plot at Ward no. 2, MIDC. He wanted to build a hotel there and had applied for a no-objection certificate (NOC) at a gram panchayat meet at Digdoh. Since there was no response from the panchayat, Sunil approached Kusum, who demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh before reducing the demand to Rs 50,000.
In one incident, sarpanch Kusum Ambhore (39) was arrested while taking a bribe of Rs 50,000. Police said that complainant Sunil Sharma (50), a resident of Shivajinagar, was holding a plot at Ward no. 2, MIDC. He wanted to build a hotel there and had applied for a no-objection certificate (NOC) at a gram panchayat meet at Digdoh. Since there was no response from the panchayat, Sunil approached Kusum, who demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh before reducing the demand to Rs 50,000.
“The accused, Kusum, wife of a SRPF jawan, had herself come to accept the bribe, which was shocking,” said, deputy superintendent Rajesh Dudhalwar. In another incident, a clerk of the paper book section of the evening court was arrested after he demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the victim to get his property papers.
According to sources, the victim Rahul Shende had been gifted a flat at Jaibhim Nagar by his sister. Later, Rahul gave the house on rent to one Kishore Patil. When asked to vacate the house, Patil refused. Rahul took the complaint to Suyog Building court where the accused told him that the paper book is required for the purpose and demanded Rs 10,000. Rahul, however, bargained and brought the amount down to Rs 2,000.
Meanwhile, Rahul lodged a complaint at the ACB office. Acting swiftly, the police officials nabbed the accused while taking the bribe.