Two Mumbai Police personnel held for accepting Rs 20,000 bribe

Two Mumbai Police personnel were arrested for allegedly accepting a Rs 20000 bribe for releasing a car impounded for the investigation in a road accident case an ACB official said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe main accused Assistant SubInspector ASI Sunil Desai had allegedly demanded Rs 35000 from the complainant who was booked in a road accident case and his car impounded reported PTIAfter negotiations Desai allegedly agreed to accept Rs 20000 the official saidHe said the ACB stepped in after receiving a complaint against Desai ACB officials arrested Constable Shendge for accepting the bribe on Tuesday Desai was also held reported PTIThe duo is attached to the MHB police station They were booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act Further investigations are underway the official addedBombay HC denies prearrest bail to sessions court judge booked for briberyThe Bombay High Court on Monday refused prearrest bail to a sessions court judge booked in a bribery case reported PTISatara District and Sessions Judge Dhananjay Nikam was booked by the Maharashtra AntiCorruption Bureau ACB for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 5 lakh to grant bail in a cheating case reported PTIA single bench of Justice N R Borkar which had heard the matter in chamber as it involved a judicial officer rejected the application saying it was not inclined to grant any relief A copy of the detailed order will be available laterNikam had approached HC in January seeking anticipatory bail claiming innocence and that he was implicated in the caseThe petition filed through advocate Viresh Purwant said the FIR does not show any direct demand or acceptance of money by Nikam It claimed he was neither aware of meetings between the complainant and other accused nor that the complainant was related to the accused seeking bail reported PTIThe plea further said Nikam was on leave or deputation on key dates which raises doubts about the allegationsAs per the complaint lodged by a woman her father a civilian defence employee is in judicial custody for allegedly cheating someone under the pretext of offering a government jobAfter a lower court denied him bail the woman filed a fresh bail application in the Satara sessions court which was to be heard by NikamThe ACB alleged that two private individuals Kishor Sambhaji Kharat from Mumbai and Anand Mohan Kharat from Satara demanded Rs 5 lakh from the woman at Nikams behest for a favourable order reported PTIThe ACB claimed the bribe demand was verified during their investigation between December 3 and 9 2024 confirming that Nikam in collusion with Kishor Kharat and Anand Kharat sought the bribeThe ACB has booked Nikam Kishor Kharat Anand Kharat and an unidentified individual under the Prevention of Corruption Act reported PTINikam in his petition said he neither avoided hearing the bail application nor made any promise of favourable orders The petition also claimed no such bail orders were passed during the periodWith inputs from PTI