Three KDMC officials held in same-day ACB raids in Thane; one sought Rs 60k for drainage clearance, others took Rs 20k for staff reinstatement
In the first case, the Thane ACB team arrested Chief Sanitation Inspector Vasant Deghulkar and Sanitation Inspector Sudarshan Jadhav while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 to reinstate a sick employee who had been on leave.
The trap was laid at the KDMC office located in Sarvodaya Mall, following a complaint by the employee.
In the second case, Junior Engineer Ravindra Ahire was caught accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a petrol pump owner. According to the ACB, Ahire had demanded Rs 60,000 on 17 July in exchange for granting permission to build a drainage line for the petrol pump from the sewerage department.
Acting on the complaint, the ACB laid a trap and caught Ahire red-handed while taking the bribe in his car near Birla College in Kalyan.
Authorities said both raids were carried out on the same day and investigations are ongoing.
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