Bhainsa municipal commissioner caught accepting Rs 50,000 bribe

The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested Bhainsa in-charge municipal commissioner Jadhav Santosh for allegedly accepting a Rs 50,000 bribe from a contractor to sanction a Rs 2.63 lakh bill. He had allegedly received another Rs 10,000 on October 26

Nirmal: Bhainsa in-charge municipal commissioner Jadhav Santosh was caught red-handed while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 here on Tuesday.

ACB DSP G Madhu said that Jadhav Santosh, a deputy executive engineer and in-charge commissioner of the municipality was arrested for demanding and receiving the bribe from a contractor to sanction a bill of Rs 2.63 lakh relating to a developmental work executed by the complainant in Bhainsa municipality.

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Earlier, he also accepted a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complaint to release the cheque of Rs 6.40 lakh on October 26.