Overview
- The ACB's Navi Mumbai unit, which laid a trap on Wednesday at CIDCO's CBD Belapur office, arrested Chief Land and Survey Officer Ramdas Haribhau Jagtap and peon Haresh Sonawane.
- Investigators said the duo sought Rs 22,500 to clear a pending registration under CIDCO's 22.5% scheme for people whose land was taken for infrastructure projects.
- Sonawane accepted the cash on Jagtap's instructions during the operation, and officers recovered the money at the scene.
- Police registered a case at CBD Police Station under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and the ACB has begun further searches and questioning.
- The senior officer's link to the Navi Mumbai International Airport project has intensified concern inside CIDCO, and a video of the trap is circulating on social media.