Overview
- The Anti‑Corruption Bureau arrested Dr Kanchan Shirish Madar after a complaint was verified on Wednesday, June 3, and a trap recovered marked currency of Rs 4,500 from a transaction in the complainant’s vehicle.
- ACB officials say the 48‑year‑old Class I medical officer allegedly demanded between Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000 to issue a government‑allotted abortion pill kit to a pregnant woman who then filed the complaint.
- A case was registered at Chiplun police station under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the doctor was taken into custody by ACB officers following the sting operation.
- The ACB used standard anti‑graft steps — complaint verification, marked notes and a physical trap — and its Thane unit separately arrested a Vasai Virar municipal clerk for a Rs 10,000 bribe, showing multiple parallel operations in Maharashtra.
- The case highlights how petty bribery can block access to state‑provided health care and could prompt departmental inquiries and more ACB checks of public health and civic services in the region.