An official of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a> government's planning agency CIDCO was on Thursday allegedly caught red-handed while taking bribe in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/navi-mumbai-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Navi Mumbai</a>.
The 57-year-old official had demanded Rs 7 lakh for facilitating the grant of a plot to a local resident whose house had been acquired for the upcoming Navi Mumbai airport, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) release said.
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After the house owner approached the Navi Mumbai unit of Thane ACB, a trap was laid and the official was caught while taking the first instalment of Rs 3 lakh from the complainant at his office, it added.
He was arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act and further probe was on, it said.
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