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Deputy Collector, clerk arrested for taking bribe

Updated on: 13 September,2012 08:27 AM IST  | 
A Correspondent |

Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Deputy Collector Dr Kiran Mahajan and clerk Rajesh Randive for accepting bribe of Rs 2 lakh from Sanjiv Gawade for relaxing certain norms related to transaction of tenancy land located near Khand village in Mulshi taluk.

Deputy Collector, clerk arrested  for taking bribe

SP (ACB) Sarang Awadu00a0said the complainant had approached the bureau in June 2012 and lodged a complaint against Mahajan.

ACB officials had laid several traps to arrest Randive in the past, but to no avail.



Kiran Mahajan

Randive’s luck ran out and he was caught red-handed taking money on Mahajan’s behalf yesterday evening.




Rajesh Randive

The trap was laid outside Mahajan’s office. Both will be produced in the court today.


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