A peon with a ward office of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/thane-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane</a> Municipal Corporation has been dismissed for taking a bribe of Rs 500 to issue a birth certificate, an official said on Friday.
The complainant in the case had applied to the Majiwada-Manpada ward office of the TMC for a birth certificate after his wife gave birth to a daughter.
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The peon demanded a bribe of Rs 500. The man paid him but later tweeted about his experience.
Taking a serious note of the issue, commissioner Abhijit Banger dismissed the peon, the civic official said.&nbsp;
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The complainant in the case had applied to the Majiwada-Manpada ward office of the TMC for a birth certificate after his wife gave birth to a daughter

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