Summary:
Nagpur, Aug 3 (PTI) A junior clerk of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau here on Wednesday for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 5,000 from an official of a solar panel installation company, the ACB said.
The accused, Nilesh Pundalik Wargade (36), is attached to MSEDCL"s office at Nandanvan in Nagpur district.
According to the ACB, the complainant has installed a rooftop solar panel in Nandanvan and had applied to MSEDCL for a metre and other related works.
Wargade allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 for sanctioning the metre and completing other formalities, but later settled for Rs 2,000, the anti-graft agency said.
The complainant approached the ACB and lodged a complaint.
The ACB verified the complaint and laid a trap, but it failed as the clerk did not accept the bribe money, it said.
The anti-graft agency registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the Nandanvan police station against the clerk and arrested him, the ACB said.
PTI COR RSY RSY
.