In one of the biggest bribery traps executed by the Pune unit of the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), a lawyer who acted as agent for the office of the deputy director from land records was caught red-handed on the night of 26 December, while he was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.7 crore for getting the judgment of a disputed land in favour of the complainant.

The arrested suspect was identified as Advocate Rohit Shende. The ACB had received a complaint around 40 days ago and based on this information the ACB laid traps on two occasions but failed to nab Shende. However, finally, on 26 December the team managed to track him down.