Clerk held for accepting Rs 40,000 bribe

A senior clerk in the office of Aurangabad Divisional Commissioner in Maharashtra was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly accepting Rs 40,000 in bribe for extending an official favour, an ACB official said.

The accused Sachin Pandit had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 from the complainant, who had sought an appeal pending in the divisional commissioner's office to be settled in his favour.

"Pandit allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 from complainant, but later settled for Rs 40,000. He was arrested when he was accepting the amount by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)," he said.