A constable Thursday escaped on a two-wheeler along with Rs 50,000 in bribe money from a trap laid by the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau here, an official said.
An ACB official said a scrap dealer had complained that constable Padmakar Asawale (47), posted at Ambernath police station, had on October 15 demanded Rs 80,000 per month for not taking action against the former's trucks.
"We laid a trap today at Sahyadri Nagar Road in which the accused accepted a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant. However, when we tried to pin him down, he pushed an official and fled on a two-wheeler with the bribe amount," the official said.
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