Nagpur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday caught Prashant Motiram Bhajipale, Additional Executive Engineer (Mehdibag Binaki Sub-Division), Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2000 from a contractor to enhance meter load on a Reliance tower.
The 39-year-old contractor, a resident of Kashi Nagar, Nari Road, had taken the contract for increasing meter load of the mobile towers. He had submitted an application in the prescribed format at MSEDCL Binaki office to enhance the meter load of a Reliance tower. The accused Bhajipale (52) demanded Rs 2000 from him to get his work done. The contractor lodged a complaint with the ACB officers.
After verification of the complaint, the bureau officers laid a trap at Bhajipale’s chamber and caught him red-handed when he accepted the bribe amount. The bureau officers arrested Bhajipale and registered a case under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act against him at Pachpaoli Police Station.
The ACB officers also conducted searches at the residence of the accused. The trap was laid by DySP Sandeep Jagtap, PI Yunus Sheikh, PI Nitin Balingwar, NPC Bhagwat Wankhede, NPC Shareek Ahmed (driver), constables Mahesh Selekar, Sachin Kinhikar and Kanchan under the overall supervision of Superintendent of Police (ACB) Rakesh Ola and Addl SP Madhukar Gite.
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