A gram sevak of a village in neighbouring Palghar district was Wednesday arrested for taking a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a villager, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) said.
Gram sevak of Einvar village, Anantrao Meshram (51), was booked under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, the anti-graft agency said in a release.
Meshram had sought Rs 25,000 from the villager in lieu of issuing a rectified permission to him for construction of a farm house, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Raigad, Vivek Joshi, said.
The villager approached the ACB, which laid a trap near the bus stand in Panvel town in Raigad district and caught him taking the bribe around 11 am, the statement said.
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