01 May,2025 04:44 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Additional sessions judge S S Shinde also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on the accused booked by the ACB for accepting bribe. Representational Pic/File
A peon working with the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra has been sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment in a 2016 case of bribery, reported the PTI.
Additional sessions judge S S Shinde also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on the accused who was identified as Rajesh Yashwant Jadhav.
As per the complainant in the case, he had approached the water supply department of the Thane civic body for a new water connection and Jadhav demanded Rs 10,000 to expedite the approval, after which the complainant approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), according to the PTI.
The ACB had laid a trap and caught Jadhav red-handed accepting Rs 5,000 as part of the bribe amount. He was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
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The court noted that the prosecution proved all charges against the accused.
In an another incident, earlier on Tuesday, the ACB had said that a case has been registered against a Thane talathi for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a man to process the transfer of land records in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI.
Siddhi Santosh Patkar, a Thane talathi under the Thane Tehsildar's jurisdiction, allegedly demanded a bribe to process the transfer of land records in the name of a housing society, Deputy Superintendent of Police, ACB Thane Unit, Madhavi Rajekumbhar told PTI.
Woman sarpanch held for accepting Rs 19,000 bribe in Maharashtra's Palghar
Last week, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a woman sarpanch from Palghar district Maharashtra for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 19,000, an official said had earlier, reported the PTI.
The official said that she had allegedly demanded the bribe amount for sanctioning the bill of a contractor for office work, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, the woman was identified as Shobha Gawari (36), sarpanch of the Saprond Magathane Group Gram Panchayat, had allegedly demanded a two per cent "cut" for clearing the bill related to the expansion of the panchayat office.
After the contractor approached the ACB, the sarpanch was arrested on April 25 when she was accepting Rs 19,000 cash, the official said.
An FIR was registered against Gawari at Wada police station under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
(with PTI inputs)
