Palghar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Wednesday arrested a woman drug inspector and another person for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh, an official said.
He said that the accused have been identified as drug inspector Aarti Shirish Kambli and private person Krishnakumar Asaram Tiwari.
The ACB said that based on the complaint of a 32-year-old man, he was caught by laying a trap in the drug inspector's office.
According to the complaint, Kambli had allegedly demanded bribe from a person running a medical store in Nalasopara in the district.
The demand was not to take coercive action against the complainant's medical store, which was earlier issued a closure notice by Kambli following a raid under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, when he allegedly found certain irregularities. The complainant wanted the shop closure notice to be withdrawn so that the store could resume operations.
But the drug inspector demanded a bribe for the job and Tiwari accepted Rs 1 lakh from the complainant on his behalf, the ACB said.
He said that the accused have been identified as drug inspector Aarti Shirish Kambli and private person Krishnakumar Asaram Tiwari.
The ACB said that based on the complaint of a 32-year-old man, he was caught by laying a trap in the drug inspector's office.
According to the complaint, Kambli had allegedly demanded bribe from a person running a medical store in Nalasopara in the district.
The demand was not to take coercive action against the complainant's medical store, which was earlier issued a closure notice by Kambli following a raid under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, when he allegedly found certain irregularities. The complainant wanted the shop closure notice to be withdrawn so that the store could resume operations.
But the drug inspector demanded a bribe for the job and Tiwari accepted Rs 1 lakh from the complainant on his behalf, the ACB said.
