Thane: The Anti-Corruption Bureau Thane (ACB) caught Avinash Bhanushali (57), a Public Works Department engineer (PWD) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 5 Lakh.
He demanded bribery to carry out the assessment of a complainant property that would be affected because of the Mumbai-Vadodara toll road project.
ACB has found that Bhanushali first took RS 4 lakh bribes from the complainant on September 9, but on Monday, when he took the remaining cash at RS 1 Lakh at the PWD office in Kalyan, the ACB team arrested him red.
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In accordance with ACB officials, PWD is carrying out land and property surveys affected by the Mumbai-Vadodara highway project.
The arrest of PWD engineers to demand bribes from projects affected by the project has asked questions about the distribution of compensation for those affected because of the project, especially in the three Kalyan District.
Previously, local Local Leader Shiv Sena named Mayur Patil from Titwala had claimed that some PWD officials extorted money by providing a compensation amount to others instead of giving it to the affected people living on the ground.
Kalyan: PWD engineer demands RS 5 Lakh bribery from landowners who are influenced in the Mumbai-Vadodara highway project, held
