Vasai-Virar civic clerk demands bribe for tax assessment, held

Palghar:

A clerk with the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation was arrested by the Thane unit of the Anti Corruption Bureau for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe, an official said on Saturday.

Nandkumar Koli (43) demanded Rs 5,000 each for sevenrooms from the owner who wanted the former to carry out acivic tax assessment, ACB Inspector Santosh Shevale said.

”The owner of the rooms approached ACB. We laid a trap on Friday and caught Koli red-handed while accepting an initial amount of Rs 15,000,” he said.