Kanhan Municiple Council Chief Officer Satish Gawande Custody while accepting bribe of Rs 50,000 : Sanjay Patil

 Sanjay Patil  : Kanhan : Sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) netted a big fish in the form of Chief Office (CO) of Kanhan Municipal Council while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 on Thursday. CO Satish Gawande was caught red handed at Garud Square, Kamptee, where he accepted cash from the complainant in his car. The complainant is a contractor and resides at Gurfade Layout, Ramnagar in Kanhan.

He desired to carry out excavation work at Sihora village and submitted application to seek permission at Parsheoni Tehsil office. Kanhan Municipal Council has to submit no objection certificate (NOC) and for the same the contractor called on Gawande. During the meeting, CO Gawande allegedly asked for gratification of Rs one lakh for issuance of NOC. After buying time for arranging the cash, the contractor approached ACB officials and submitted his complaint against the CO. As per procedure, ACB officials cross verified the complaint and arranged a trap after giving instructions to the CO.

The CO thought that accepting bribe at office is risky and hence called the contractor at public place thinking it would be quite safe. But the calculated game plan of the CO got busted as ACB officials pounced on him post acceptance of cash bundle. The CO was taken into custody and an offence under relevant Sections of Prevention of Corruption Act was registered with Old Kamptee police station. The trap was carried out by a team comprising Police Inspector Dinesh Lable, Shalini Jambhulkar, Nisha Umredkar, Rahul Barai, Rajesh Bansod. The team was guided by Rashmi Nandedkar, Superintendent of Police, ACB, Nagpur Division, and Rajesh Duddhalwar, Addl. SP.