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The Thane unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a sub-divisional magistrate for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakhs.
An ACB source told <a href="http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/crime/Sub-divisional-magistrate-nabbed-taking-Rs-50L-bribe/articleshow/55610121.cms" target="_blank">Mumbai Mirror</a> that the accused, Shivaji D Davbhat (46) asked for Rs 50 lakh to pass an order in favour of a complainant. The latter is said to have four property related cases in Davbhat&rsquo;s court, the report added.
The report further stated that two others were also held along with Davbhat &ndash; his driver Jayesh Dashrath Patil and Nayab Tehsildar Satish Keshav Manivade (25). According to sources, they too were party to the bribe crime.
ACB source also told <a href="http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/crime/Sub-divisional-magistrate-nabbed-taking-Rs-50L-bribe/articleshow/55610121.cms" target="_blank">Mumbai Mirror</a> Rs 47 lakh of the bribe was paid in fake currency.

The Thane unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a sub-divisional magistrate for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakhs

Thane ACB nabs sub-divisional magistrate for accepting bribe of Rs 50 lakh

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The Thane unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested a sub-divisional magistrate for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50 lakhs

Thane ACB nabs sub-divisional magistrate for accepting bribe of Rs 50 lakh

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