The Navi Mumbai unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a 47-year-old circle official for allegedly demanding and accepting money for sharing computerised land record 12. He was caught accepting ₹9,000.
The official has been identified as Lalchand Dagdu Kankhare, 47, and he was posted as a Circle Officer (Class 3) in Murbad Tehsil Office in Thane.
ACB verified the complaint on 27th March
According to an official from ACB Navi Mumbai, the 50-year-old complainant approached them on March 27, regarding the demand of ₹10,000 for giving a computerised land record. The ACB verified the complaint on the same day.
A trap was laid on March 28, 2023 and Kankhare was caught accepting ₹9,000. “The government official was caught red-handed while demanding a bribe of ₹10,000 to share a seven-twelfth computerized record of the land and accepted a ₹9000 before the witnesses at 14:11 at Tehsil Office Murbad,” said the official. The trap was carried out under the guidance of Shivraj Bendre, Police Inspector ACB Navi Mumbai.
