Overview
- ACB Navi Mumbai caught assistant superintendent Sudam Lotan Chavan, 57, accepting ₹8,000 at the board’s Vashi divisional office around 12:45 pm on February 13.
- The tutor had been authorized by the student’s mother to seek a writer for the February 2026 SSC exam and to request a subject change.
- Staff initially asked for the prescribed ₹200 fee before Chavan allegedly sought ₹10,000 and agreed to ₹8,000 during ACB verification.
- Investigators seized the tainted cash and Chavan’s phone and searched his residences in Vashi and Nashik, according to ACB officials.
- An offence was registered at Vashi Police Station under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and officials urged citizens to report bribe demands on the toll-free number 1064.