Engineer arrested while taking bribe

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 07 2016 | 8:58 PM IST
An assistant engineer of Building and Factory department of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai was arrested today by the anti-corruption bureau of police while taking a bribe. The same official had faced arrest for taking a bribe ten years ago too.
ACB sleuths caught Anum Nevrekar, the engineer, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh. According to the complaint, he had asked for Rs 5 lakh for not taking action against illegal construction in Byculla area here.
The ACB laid a trap and caught him red-handed, said an ACB release.
Nevrekar had been arrested ten years ago for taking a bribe when he was a junior engineer in the water department.
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First Published: Jan 07 2016 | 8:58 PM IST

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