The arrested persons has been identified as Vivek Tiwari, 28, while his wanted accomplice is Avinash Arora. Both are Andheri residents.
An alert doctor from Andheri busted a racket wherein former clean-up marshals of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) were found extorting money. While one persons has been apprehended, another person is still at large.
The arrested persons has been identified as Vivek Tiwari, 28, while his wanted accomplice is Avinash Arora. Both are Andheri residents.
According to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sources, last Friday, two persons approached a dental clinic in Andheri (W) and told a female doctor present in the clinic that they were civic officials and wanted to check permission of the clinic's name board.
The doctor and her husband, both dentists, had taken the said premise on rent for three years and had began practicing only six months ago and were unaware about the procedures required to put up a name board, police said.
"The duo said the doctors would have to cough up Rs 35,000 to regularise the board. They informed the woman that she need to apply online for the permission and it would be granted within 45 days and the receipt can be obtained online. The frightened woman called up her husband informed him about the incident," said an ACB official.
Meanwhile, the duo tried to take out the board. "A good name board costs anywhere around Rs 75,000 to Rs 1 lakh. Sensing that this would become an expensive affair, the woman agreed to pay some amount. She then took out Rs 20,000 from an ATM and gave it to them. Before leaving, the duo said that they would come back on Monday to collect the remaining amount and hand over the receipt," said the official.
On Friday evening, the doctor couple approached the ACB, after which under the guidance of Additional Director General of ACB, Vivek Phansalkar, Additional Commissioner Keshav Patil, and Additional DCP Ravindra Patil, a team was formed to trap the suspects.
Two female members from the team posed as patients and waited for the accused to show up. One of the suspects visited the clinic in afternoon and reminded the woman about the remaining money she had to pay and left saying that he is going out for inspection and would return in evening to take the money.
"Once the demand for gratification got confirmed, we waited for the accused to show up again in the evening to collect the money. Around 6.30 pm, Tiwari came to the clinic to collect the money and was caught by our team. On questioning, he claimed that he was not a civic official, but was a former clean up marshal. We found a clean up marshal i-card from him. The accused claimed that he had left the marshal's job in February this year and had not submitted his i-card to the BMC," the official said.
He added, the accused would target those who have some irregularities in their businesses and functioning and charge money from them claiming to be civic officials.
WHAT HAPPENED
According to ACB sources, last Friday, two persons approached a dental clinic in Andheri (W) and told a female doctor present there that they were civic officials and wanted to check permission of the clinic’s name board.
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