Revenue official held for taking Rs 30,000 bribe in Maharashtra's Raigad

Thane, May 20 (PTI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a 49-year-old revenue department official for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 to facilitate a land record entry in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, an official said on Wednesday.

A man and his wife had purchased a piece of land at Gavdevi Pada in Panvel, for which a mutation entry was required.

When the man approached the circle officer for the same, the latter allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 for making the necessary entries in the 7/12 (land title record) extract, Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB, Raigad) Sarita IS Bhosale said.

“Following negotiations, the accused agreed to accept a reduced sum of Rs 30,000,” she said.

Unwilling to pay the bribe, the aggrieved land owner lodged

a complaint with the ACB’s Raigad unit.

Acting on the complaint, ACB officials laid a trap at the Panvel tehsil office on Tuesday. The accused was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 30,000 from the complainant, Bhosale stated.

The accused officer was subsequently placed under arrest and booked under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the police said. PTI COR GK