<p>The Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday said that a revenue official from Maharashtra's <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/sarpanch-booked-for-demanding-bribe-from-house-owner-in-thane-23445324" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane district</a> has been arrested for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 to update some land records, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Accused Santosh Mahadeo Patil works as an assistant at the tehsildar's office in Kalyan, the ACB said in a release.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-thane-power-company-engineer-held-for-taking-bribe-23400246" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">anti-graft agency</a>, the complainant had approached Patil to get his name recorded against a piece of land that he recently bought. He also completed the necessary formalities.</p>
<p>However, Patil demanded Rs 40,000 to update the records, claiming that he would keep half of the amount and the remaining Rs 20,000 would go to the tehsildar, reported PTI.</p>
<p>After being alerted by the complainant, ACB laid a trap and caught Patil red-handed after he accepted the money on Wednesday evening, the release said, adding he has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.</p>
<h2>Thane businessman booked for cheating supplier of Rs 56 lakh</h2>
<p>A businessman from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-educational-institute-director-held-for-taking-rs-1-10-lakh-bribe-23411177" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra's</a> Thane district has been booked for allegedly cheating a supplier from Rajasthan of Rs 56 lakh, an official said on Thursday.</p>
<p>In his complaint to the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police, the 40-year-old supplier of steel plates said he had good business relations with the accused, who had promptly paid for all transactions between 2014 and 2017.</p>
<p>But the accused did not pay for the steel plates worth about Rs 56 lakh supplied in 2019-20, said the supplier from Jodhpur. The supplier also alleged that the businessman threatened him with dire consequences when he demanded the money.</p>
<p>The businessman has been booked for cheating and criminal intimidation, the official said. The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-thane-fda-inspector-among-2-held-for-bribery-23362042" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">complainant</a> did not explain why he approached the police late, which is a subject of the ongoing investigation, he said.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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