A peon posted in a ward office of Thane Municipal Corporation was arrested yesterday, for accepting a bribe in exchange for allotting a new water connection. The victim, Vijay Gopinath Waghate, alleged that the accused Rajesh Yashwant Jadhav (43) initially demanded R10,000 from him, but later settled for Rs 5,000.
<img title="The accused peon Rajesh Yashwant Jadhav" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/may/Rajesh-Jadhav.jpg" alt="The accused peon Rajesh Yashwant Jadhav" /> The accused peon Rajesh Yashwant Jadhav
Since he works as a daily wage labourer and his 40-year-old wife suffers from severe case of diabetes, fetching water is a problem. They have to travel around 2 km to get water as they reside in Yeoor, which is a tribal-dominated forest area. Hence, Wagate approached the officials of Ward number 4 of TMC (west) a month ago to ask the procedure to get a new connection.
&ldquo;I wrote a letter to the Thane Municipal Corporation for a new water connection. Even after a month, there was no response. So I approached them again and was asked to meet Jadhav to get the water connection. I had all the necessary documents, but was asked to approach Jadhav, anyway. Jadhav asked me to pay R10,000 initially but later the amount came down to Rs 5,000,&rdquo; said Waghate.
ACB trap The complainant then approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau office on May 17, who set up a trap and caught Jadhav while accepting the money.
&ldquo;We have recorded the act as an evidence to show to the court,&rdquo; said Datta Karale, Superintendent of Police, ACB, Thane.
A case has been registered against Jadhav, who will be produced in the court today.

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