03 March,2026 03:09 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
A case has been registered against both accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said. Representational Pic/File
Two staff members of a district jail in Maharashtra's Thane have been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1,500 to permit a man to meet an undertrial prisoner, reported PTI.
Officials from the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) detained Satish Tanaji Bhosale (55), a prison subedar, and Sharad Nana Panpatil (39), a jail constable, on Monday.
Both were posted at Aadharwadi Kalyan District Jail at the time of the alleged offence.
Inspector Sunil Karote of the Thane ACB said the two were caught while accepting money from the complainant.
The complainant had visited the jail on 25 February to meet a friend who was lodged there as an undertrial prisoner.
According to officials, staff on duty in the interview room initially demanded Rs 1,000 as the visitor was not related to the inmate. It was further alleged that Bhosale sought between Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000 to facilitate the meeting. The amount was later agreed at Rs 1,500, according to the PTI.
A case has been registered against both accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Further investigation into the matter is ongoing, officials said.
A case has been registered against five persons, including an 85-year-old man, for allegedly assaulting a woman court official during a flat foreclosure procedure in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Tuesday, reported PTI.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon at a housing society in the Mahagiri area, an official said.
According to the police, a woman court commissioner was acting on the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thane, to take possession of a ground-floor flat belonging to Chandrakant Vishnu Jadhav (49) after he defaulted on a loan taken from a finance firm, the news agency reported.
"The court commissioner, accompanied by legal managers from the finance firm and a police contingent, was executing the court's order, but Jadhav refused to hand over possession," the official said.
Four other accused persons, including a lawyer and Jadhav's family members, allegedly assaulted the court official and obstructed the action, he said.
Based on a complaint, a case has been registered against Chandrakant Jadhav, his wife Pallavi, father Vishnu Sahadu Jadhav, advocate Ashwini Bhosale and her son, the official said, adding that a probe is underway into the incident, according to the PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
