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Corporator, associate in ACB net for taking Rs 1 lakh bribe

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a corporator and her associate while they were allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a garage owner in Chembur on Friday. Initially, the duo had demanded Rs 5 lakh and a portion of land from the complainant for not taking action against him over an illegal shed, but later brought the sum down to Rs 1 lakh.

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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a corporator and her associate while they were allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a garage owner in Chembur on Friday. Initially, the duo had demanded Rs 5 lakh and a portion of land from the complainant for not taking action against him over an illegal shed, but later brought the sum down to Rs 1 lakh.

The complainant had an open plot in Chembur, out of which he had been running a garage since 1998. In 2013, he had constructed a temporary shed there, after which the BMC had issued him a notice and demolished it last Monday. The same day, Rajshree Palande, 40, a BMC corporator and her associate Sunil Khanna, 45, allegedly called the garage owner and demanded Rs 5 lakh and a 10x20 ft potion of the plot he owned to avoid further action against him.

The complainant then approached the ACB, after which the sleuths asked him to negotiate the bribe money. "The corporator and her associate finally agreed on Rs 1 lakh and agreed to meet the complainant to take the first installment of Rs 50,000," said an ACB officer.

On Friday, the complainant set up a meeting with Palande and Khanna to hand over the money near C G Gidwai Road, Chembur. "When the duo arrived, our officers moved in immediately after they accepted the money and arrested them," the officer added.

On Saturday, ACB officials raided the homes of Palande and Khanna and recovered cash worth Rs 2,05,000 from Palande's home and documents of a flat and two shops from Khann's residence.

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