Updated On: 15 September, 2023 02:11 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Thane govt official demanded Rs 5000 from the complainant for registering him as a contractor with Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran.

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The Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths, on Friday, said that they have arrested an official of Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP), a state government, undertaking, for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 from a Thane man, stated a PTI report.
According to the Deputy Superintendent of Police (Thane ACB), Sanju John, the anti-corruption bureau on Thursday registered an offence against senior clerk Sripat Khade (52) of the MJP under the Prevention of Corruption Act.