Mantralay ACB
Mumbai ACB arrests Mantralaya official for accepting bribe of ₹6.37 lakh Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Mumbai has arrested a Class I officer posted at the Mantralaya for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹6.37 lakh. According to the ACB, the complainant was authorized by the village sarpanch to oversee the approval of government funds for infrastructure development in his village. The officer had applied to the state government for approval of funds under minority welfare schemes for the development of village infrastructure and had been visiting the Mantralaya in this regard. To secure the approval of the government funds, public servant Vilas Lad , working as a section officer at the Mantralaya, allegedly demanded ₹6.37 lakh. However, the complainant did not want to bribe Lad, so he went to the ACB office on March 9 to file a complaint in this regard. During the investigation initiated on March 16, it was found th...