A special court on Wednesday, April 22, remanded Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Deputy Commissioner Kailash Somanath Gaikwad to police custody till April 24 in connection with a bribery case, a day after he was caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).

Gaikwad, a Class I officer attached to the encroachment department, was arrested on April 21 for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 42,000 from a contractor to clear a pending bill of around Rs 21 lakh, officials said.