Junior clerk held for accepting bribe

A junior clerk with the Thane District Consumer Redressal Forum was arrested for allegedly accepting Rs 1,000 as bribe, a senior Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said today.

Kishore Mankame had demanded Rs 1,000 from the complainant, for filing complaints with the forum on behalf of his clients, the official said.

Following a complaint, sleuths of the ACB laid a trap last evening at the Forum office and apprehended Mankame while accepting the bribe, he said.

A case under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988 was registered, the official said, adding a probe was on.