Overview
- The ACB says the assistant engineer Rohit Revanand More was caught accepting the cash during a sting at his Taloja office on Thursday at about 1:12 pm and was taken into custody.
- ACB officials allege More demanded the money to prepare a feasibility report and to process approvals for a new electricity meter connection and a transformer installation.
- A contractor linked to PN Electricals filed the complaint on July 13 and the bureau carried out a verification exercise on July 14 that led to the trap this week.
- Investigators seized the tainted currency and More's mobile phone, launched searches of his premises, and registered a case under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at Taloja Police Station.
- The probe is led and supervised by named ACB officers and the bureau has urged citizens to report bribery through its toll-free helpline 1064 while further enquiries continue.