A Thane Municipal Corporation clerk was arrested on Thursday by the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from a man over property matters, an official said.
The complainant wanted a house he had recently bought to be transferred in his name and Pravin Sartape (46), a clerk with the civic body’s property tax department, sought a bribe of Rs 5,000, he said. “Sartape was held in a trap in his office while accepting Rs 5,000.
A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered in Vartak Nagar police station,” he added.
