A Tax Collector of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and a supervisor of a Cyber Tech company working for NMC were caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday while accepting a bribe of Rs three lakh.
The accused demanded the bribe to reduce assessed property tax of the complainant, ACB officials said. Accused Tax Collector of Asi Nagar Zone - Suraj Surendra Ganvir (34), a resident of Bezonbagh and Supervisor of Cyber Tech company - Ravindra Bhaurao Bagade (31), a resident of Wing A, 401, Ganesh Nagari Apartment, Koradi Road - are cooling their heels behind the bars. The ACB will produce them in the court special court on Saturday. An ACB official informed that the complainant is the owner of ‘Resort and Lawn’ situated in Nara area near Jaripatka. He received an assessed tax receipt of Rs 80 lakh with signature of Ganvir. The complainant approached Suraj Bagade and discussed the matter. Bagade allegedly told the complainant to approach Ganvir to get the tax reduced.
On April 30, Ganvir himself came to the house of the complainant and spoke to him over the pending tax. During the discussion, Ganvir gave reference to Bagade and demanded a bribe of Rs three lakh to get the tax cancelled. The lawn owner approached the ACB and lodged a complaint against the corrupt officials. The ACB team verified the demand and laid the trap accordingly. On Friday, the accused were arrested red-handed by the ACB when they accepted the cash at the house of Ganvir in Jaripatka. An offence under provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act was registered by Jaripatka police against the accused.
Under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Rashmi Nandedkar, Addl SP Milind Totre, the arrest was made by DySP Shashikant Patil, Police Inspector Vinod Ade and staff including Gajanan Gadge, Sarang Balpande, Amol Menghare, Rahul Barai, Vinod Naygamkar, Priya Newarre and others.
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