A senior official from the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly accepting a bribe to clear a contractor's pending payments.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday caught a senior official of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 42,000 from a contractor to clear his dues, an official said.
Deputy Commissioner Kailas Somnath Gaikwad of the NMMC was caught accepting a bribe at his office in the civic headquarters, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Dharmaraj Sonke of the ACB's Navi Mumbai unit.
Gaikwad had allegedly demanded the money from a contractor to clear a bill related to work carried out for the encroachment department, he said.
"The complainant had executed work in the Airoli division, and a bill of approximately Rs 21 lakh was approved. The alleged accused, however, demanded 2 per cent of the bill value from the contractor to clear the dues," Sonke said.
The ACB verified the complaint before carrying out the operation to nab the accused official, he said.
A case has been registered against the accused, and a further probe is underway, the official said.