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Mumbai: Forest range officer caught taking Rs 2L bribe from shop owner
Updated On: 10 November, 2020 08:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
According to the complainant, some of the places near his wine shop are under the jurisdiction of the forest department and Tonde filed fake encroachment cases against him
While Tonde and Sonawne were arrested, the third accused managed to escape. Pic/Hanif Patel
A forest range officer from Tungareshwar Gokhivare in Palghar district was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday while accepting bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a wine shop owner.
The officials from Thane ACB raided the office and caught officer Dilip Tonde and one of his staff members, identified as Sonawne, while accepting the bribe amount from a 45-year-old man, who runs a wine shop in Kaman area.
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