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ACB Intensifies Nationwide Sting Operations, Arresting GHMC Deputy Commissioner and Multiple Officials

Specialized sting teams have driven swift proceedings in newly established anti-corruption courts under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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Overview

  • The Anti-Corruption Bureau apprehended GHMC Deputy Commissioner K. Ravi Kumar on July 25 for allegedly accepting a ₹2 lakh bribe from a hotel owner in Rajendranagar.
  • ACB Thane teams arrested KDMC assistant engineer Ravindra Ahire for taking ₹40,000 to issue an underground drainage NOC for a new petrol pump.
  • Mumbai ACB agents caught BMC sanitary inspector Ganesh Kadam red-handed in R/South ward while accepting a ₹30,000 bribe to release seized restaurant materials.
  • In Kalyan-Dombivli, KDMC Chief Sanitary Officer Vasant Deglurkar and inspector Sudarshan Jadhav were detained for allegedly demanding ₹20,000 to reinstate a sanitary worker.
  • Jammu and Kashmir ACB arrested patwaris Chuni Lal and Ashok Kumar for soliciting illicit payments to issue land demarcation reports and register ancestral property transfers.