Thane: Peon dismissed for demanding Rs 500 bribe to issue birth certificate

  • | Friday | 28th October, 2022

Thane, Oct 28 (PTI) A peon with a ward office of the Thane Municipal Corporation has been dismissed for taking a bribe of Rs 500 to issue a birth certificate, an official said on Friday.The complainant in the case had applied to the Majiwada-Manpada ward office of the TMC for a birth certificate after his wife gave birth to a daughter.The peon demanded a bribe of Rs 500. The man paid him but later tweeted about his experience.Taking a serious note of the issue, commissioner Abhijit Banger dismissed the peon, the civic official said. PTI COR KRK KRK KRK


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