ZP officer held for taking bribe

Chief accounts and audit officer of Raigad Zilla Parishad has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10,000, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) said here today.
The accused, Pravinkumar Devichand Jain, a class I officer, who demanded and accepted the bribe from a contractor, was trapped and arrested by the Thane Division of the ACB, an official release said.
The complainant told the ACB sleuths that for the past many years, his firm has been supplying stationery to the zilla parishad, which owed a sum of Rs 69.35 lakh for the stationery and furniture made by the company.
When the complainant approached Jain for the payment of dues, he sought commission to clear it.

"The officer agreed to clear the bill for stationery amounting to Rs 2.38 lakh and another Rs 2 lakh towards construction, for which he sought Rs 5,000 bribe. He also demanded one per cent bribe for clearing further bills, following which the complainant approached approached the ACB," DYSP ACB Raigadh Unit Sunil Kalgutkar said.
The aggrieved contractor lodged a complaint, following which a trap was laid on Friday and the officer was nabbed in his office while accepting the bribe of Rs 10,000.
The accused has been charged under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988.