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MUMBAI: The anti corruption bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested a 38-year-old civic engineer demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a Jogeshwari resident.

Sources in the ACB said that the accused, Kiran Patil, who is attached to the K-West office (building and factory branch) of the BMC had agreed to not initiate action against the complainant in lieu of the bribe.

The case pertains to a notice that was issued by the municipal corporation to the complainant for carrying out renovation without permissions at his residential flat.

When the complainant met Patil about the notice, the engineer threatened to take strict action in the case.

The engineer later told the complainant that he could hush up the matter if he was paid Rs 8 lakh.

The first instalment of Rs 2 lakh was paid to him on July 30. Later, when he demanded the second instalment of Rs 2 lakh, the complainant approached the ACB and and lodged a complaint.

The ACB then laid a trap and arrested Patil while accepting Rs 2 lakh.

