Police inspector Shankar Poojari, attached to the Mulund police station, was held taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a club owner named Dinesh Patil.
A senior inspector of Mulund police station confirmed his arrest.
In the second case, a 33-year-old employee of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), identified as Anil Khobraji Rathod, was arrested by ACB. He worked as a lorry inspector in BMC ward A.
Besides, a private person -Vijay Shankar Shetty (35), who acted as a mediator, was also arrested.
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