Mumbai:
A retired High Court judge's daughter was remanded in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till October 17 on charges of trying to accept a bribe running into lakhs of rupees, CBI officials said here on Friday.
A CBI counsel submitted before a Mumbai special court Thursday that the case involved Manisha Mhase, the lawyer daughter of retired High Court judge S.B. Mhase, whom CBI's anti-corruption unit booked on Wednesday.
The case centres around a complaint filed before Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Mumbai, headed by the retired judge, seeking a compensation of Rs 95 lakh for breach of contract from a Pune builder Mahalaxmi Developers.
According to the first information report to the CBI on October 7, the complainant was assured by a lawyer named Sunil Shirole that the case would be settled in his favour if he agreed to pay a percentage of the settlement.
Shirole is said to have introduced Manisha, a practising lawyer in Aurangabad, to the complainant
The CBI counsel told the court that following a trap laid, Manisha's assistants were arrested accepting a bribe of Rs 30 lakh on Monday, while Manisha was arrested on Wednesday.
A CBI counsel submitted before a Mumbai special court Thursday that the case involved Manisha Mhase, the lawyer daughter of retired High Court judge S.B. Mhase, whom CBI's anti-corruption unit booked on Wednesday.
The case centres around a complaint filed before Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission in Mumbai, headed by the retired judge, seeking a compensation of Rs 95 lakh for breach of contract from a Pune builder Mahalaxmi Developers.
According to the first information report to the CBI on October 7, the complainant was assured by a lawyer named Sunil Shirole that the case would be settled in his favour if he agreed to pay a percentage of the settlement.
Shirole is said to have introduced Manisha, a practising lawyer in Aurangabad, to the complainant
The CBI counsel told the court that following a trap laid, Manisha's assistants were arrested accepting a bribe of Rs 30 lakh on Monday, while Manisha was arrested on Wednesday.
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