Aurangabad: The Aurangabad-based Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) incharge administrative officer and accounts officer have been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for demanding and accepting Rs 30,000 bribe for sanctioning work to a contractor.
As per the ACB, an official (junior engineer) from the WALMI is a complainant in this case, as he was allegedly being pestered to collect bribe from the contractor.
The arrested accused have been identified as Pradeep Bahekar (47) and Mohan Shelar (52). Both the accused were posted as Cass-II accounts officers at WALMI, while Bahekar was holding an additional charge as an administrative officer.
ACB inspector Hanumant Ware said that the trap was laid at around 10.30pm on Monday at Shelar’s residence located in Kanchanwadi. “He was arrested soon after he accepted the powdered currency notes on behalf of Bahekar,” said Ware.
The accused duo were produced before the court on Tuesday afternoon, following which they have been remanded to judicial custody.
ACB superintendent of police Sandip Atole said, “Thencharge administrative officer was well aware of WALMI’s junior engineer sharing a good rapport with the contractor when he asked him to seek bribe from the contractor.”
As per the ACB, an official (junior engineer) from the WALMI is a complainant in this case, as he was allegedly being pestered to collect bribe from the contractor.
The arrested accused have been identified as Pradeep Bahekar (47) and Mohan Shelar (52). Both the accused were posted as Cass-II accounts officers at WALMI, while Bahekar was holding an additional charge as an administrative officer.
ACB inspector Hanumant Ware said that the trap was laid at around 10.30pm on Monday at Shelar’s residence located in Kanchanwadi. “He was arrested soon after he accepted the powdered currency notes on behalf of Bahekar,” said Ware.
The accused duo were produced before the court on Tuesday afternoon, following which they have been remanded to judicial custody.
ACB superintendent of police Sandip Atole said, “Thencharge administrative officer was well aware of WALMI’s junior engineer sharing a good rapport with the contractor when he asked him to seek bribe from the contractor.”
