Thane:
A senior police officer in Maharshtra's Thane district was arrested for accepting bribe of Rs 4 lakh from a complainant, police said on Thursday.
"Following a complaint against Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Nagnath Sambatwad, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap," an ACB officer said.
"He was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh from the complainant," he added.
The complainant, a property trader and also a corporator at the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation, had on August 8 registered a complaint at the local police station about the encroachment of land he had purchased.
"When he did not get a positive response from the said police station, he went to Sambatwad who in turn asked for a bribe of Rs 5 lakh," the official said.
Sambatwad and the complainant later agreed on the bribe amount of 4 lakh rupees.
"Following a complaint against Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Nagnath Sambatwad, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap," an ACB officer said.
"He was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh from the complainant," he added.
The complainant, a property trader and also a corporator at the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation, had on August 8 registered a complaint at the local police station about the encroachment of land he had purchased.
"When he did not get a positive response from the said police station, he went to Sambatwad who in turn asked for a bribe of Rs 5 lakh," the official said.
Sambatwad and the complainant later agreed on the bribe amount of 4 lakh rupees.
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