According to reports, on Wednesday, August 4, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a 54-year-old clerk of the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra for allegedly taking INR 10,000 as bribe from a real estate agent.
The ACB in a release mentioned that a real estate agent had sought a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the civic body for a plot of land purchased by a customer at Kaman in Vasai.
It further stated that the clerk, who was working with the civic body's town planning department and handling the land deal file, allegedly demanded INR 10,000 from the agent for the work, following which the latter approached the ACB.
After getting a tip, the ACB laid a trap and caught the clerk while accepting the amount at his office on Tuesday, August 3.
An ACB official said that a case was registered against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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