Navi Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has once again exposed bribery at CIDCO offices, arresting three officials and a private individual from the Vashi sub-registrar’s office while accepting a bribe of Rs 3.5 lakh. This comes barely fifteen days after two officials from CIDCO’s Nerul office were caught in a similar trap, bringing the total number of officials arrested in four months to six.
Four arrested, including three CIDCO staffers
Those arrested on Wednesday evening have been identified as office assistant Rahul Rangrao Kamble (50), cooperative officer Dhanaji Dattatray Kalukhe (52), peon Mahesh Gangaram Kamothkar, and private person Kishor Shankarrao More.
According to ACB officials, the accused had demanded Rs 5 lakh from a housing society secretary in Vashi Sector-9 to secure a favourable order in a case related to the society committee. The amount was later settled at Rs 3.5 lakh.
Trap laid by Navi Mumbai ACB
Acting on the complaint, the ACB verified the demand between August 12 and 22 and laid a trap at the sub-registrar office. During the operation, the complainant handed over the agreed amount to Kamothkar on instructions from Kamble and Kalukhe.
"We arrested him red-handed and then took other three into custody," DySP Dharmraj Sonke, Navi Mumbai ACB unit, said.
Case registered, probe continues
A case has been registered against all four accused at APMC police station under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. “Further investigation is underway,” said Sonke added.
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Past arrests in CIDCO bribery cases
Earlier, a woman official and a contractual worker from CIDCO’s Nerul office were caught accepting Rs 30,000, while in June, the Thane ACB unit had arrested the president of CIDCO Employees’ Union for allegedly accepting a Rs 1.5 lakh bribe.
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