Gondia mining officer arrested while taking bribe of Rs 2 lakh

The Nagpur ACB sleuths have caught the in-charge District Mining Officer Vinay Sattapa Kolavkar (naib-tehsilder) while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a sand contractor.

Jasjitsingh Bhatia, who possesses the license of two sand mines, had filed a complaint in this regard.

Accordingly, Kolavkar had issued a notice to Bhatia accusing him of excavating sand from unauctioned Satona Ghat area.

Then Kolavkar demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh for scuttling the inquiry and not taking any action against Bhatia and another contractor.

ACB team led by inspector Shubhangi Deshmukh caught him red-handed yesterday.