Thane: The Thane unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a peon with the Thane collector office along with two private persons in a graft case.
The accused has been identified as Ashok Waghela, 45, a peon attached to the home branch of the Thane collector office. The other include, Nitesh Hingmire, 33, and Abhishek Bade, 26, who helped the peon in the bribe.
An ACB official informed that the complainant is a 45-year-old Badlapur resident. He had filed some case and had sought an RTI regarding the same from the collector office. Waghela allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 from the complainant for speeding up work under the RTI and Rs 1 lakh to facilitate extension of time on an attachment order of his house, the ACB officer informed.
Aggrieved, by the demand, the victim approached the ACB and registered a complaint. On the basis of the complaint, the ACB sleuths verified it and accordingly laid a trap and nabbed one accused accepting Rs 4,500 and the other taking Rs 15,00 on behalf of the peon, said Sunil Lokhande, superintendent of police at ACB Thane.
During the interrogation, the accused named the peon based on which the ACB nabbed him, said the officer. An offence has been registered at the Thane nagar police station under the prevention of corruption act and further investigation is underway.
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The accused has been identified as Ashok Waghela, 45, a peon attached to the home branch of the Thane collector office. The other include, Nitesh Hingmire, 33, and Abhishek Bade, 26, who helped the peon in the bribe.
An ACB official informed that the complainant is a 45-year-old Badlapur resident. He had filed some case and had sought an RTI regarding the same from the collector office. Waghela allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 from the complainant for speeding up work under the RTI and Rs 1 lakh to facilitate extension of time on an attachment order of his house, the ACB officer informed.
Aggrieved, by the demand, the victim approached the ACB and registered a complaint. On the basis of the complaint, the ACB sleuths verified it and accordingly laid a trap and nabbed one accused accepting Rs 4,500 and the other taking Rs 15,00 on behalf of the peon, said Sunil Lokhande, superintendent of police at ACB Thane.
During the interrogation, the accused named the peon based on which the ACB nabbed him, said the officer. An offence has been registered at the Thane nagar police station under the prevention of corruption act and further investigation is underway.
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