Kolhapur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau caught a talathi (revenue official) red handed, accepting a bribe of Rs15,000. The official is attached to Ispurli village from Karveer taluka.He was accepting the bribe for attaching the names of the complainants’ kin to property documents.Talathi Chandrakant Maruti Aswale, 42, is a resident of Ispurli. ACB officials said the man who was forced into paying the bribe approached them. He had purchased an acre of land in the name of his wife and his brother’s wife.He sought the help of the official in attaching the names of his kin to the documents of the purchased property.Aswale demanded Rs 25,000 to complete the procedure. However the deal was settled for Rs 15,000 and the complainant lodged a complaint with ACB Kolhapur.“We confirmed the truth of the allegations and then nabbed the man as he was accepting the bribe money. The complainant visited Aswale at his office on Monday and handed him Rs 15,000. After Aswale accepted the money, an ACB team arrested him,” said an official who was involved in nabbing the revenue officer.

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