The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap late on Friday night and arrested a 45-year-old Assistant Police Inspector (API) attached to the Mumbai Crime Branch Property Cell for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh. A case has been registered against API Nagesh Puranik under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act.

According to the ACB, the complainant in the case is the wife of a luxury car theft accused, who was being investigated by Puranik. Her husband's friend is also an accused in the case. Puranik had demanded Rs 12 lakh from the complainant to stop the action against him.