Mumbai: 2 held for demanding Rs 2 lakh, 2 sarees as bribe

An official in the cooperativesocieties department was held along with one more person onMonday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2lakh and two sarees, a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureauofficial said

The Class I official, identified as Bharat Kakadworking in the office of the deputy registrar of cooperativesocieties, and Sachin Kakad were held for demanding a bribefrom a man who wanted to use the sinking fund of his buildingto repair it

The two were caught in a trap laid by the ACB onMonday while accepting Rs 2 lakh and two sarees, the officialsaid.