Overview
- Clerk Chandrakant Hanmant Vasudev was caught in an ACB trap at a Chembur coffee shop while accepting Rs 15 lakh.
- Additional Sessions Judge Ejazuddin Qazi has been booked as a co-accused, is reported absconding, and the ACB has sought the Principal Judge’s permission to arrest him.
- Offences were registered under sections 7, 7A and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and Vasudev has been remanded to ACB custody until November 16.
- According to the ACB, Vasudev initially demanded Rs 25 lakh, saying Rs 10 lakh was for himself and Rs 15 lakh for the judge, before the sum was settled at Rs 15 lakh.
- The alleged bribe relates to a property dispute that began in the Bombay High Court in 2015 and was transferred to the Civil Sessions Court in March 2024.