Summary:
Thane, Nov 29 (PTI) Two personnel of a police station in Thane district of Maharashtra were arrested on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 for not registering a case, the Anti-Corruption Bureau said.
Another person involved in the bribery is on the run.
The accused are identified as police sub-inspectors Govind Ekolwale (32) and Prakash Kamble (31), both attached to the Bhayander police station under the MBVV police commissionerate.
The third accused is identified as Mukesh Kotian, a resident of Mira Road.
According to ACB, Ekolwale had demanded Rs 10 lakh from the complainant for not registering a case of cheating against him and not arresting him.
Kamble had encouraged the complainant to pay the bribe, the ACB said in a release.