Ward coordination officer in Palghar held for taking Rs 10,000 bribe
The anti-graft unit had received a complaint from a 32-year-old woman, alleging that a public servant from UMED (Maharashtra State Livelihood Mission) office in Wada area here was demanding money for releasing her honorarium cheque, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Palghar ACB, Dadaram Karande said.
The complainant was to get Rs 19,800 for her work under the State Rural Livelihood Improvement Mission's UMED Abhiyan scheme, but the accused allegedly demanded Rs 10,000 as bribe to issue the cheque, he said.
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