Maha: Assistant commissioner of textiles held in bribery case

An assistant commissioner oftextiles was arrested on Monday here in Maharashtra inconnection with a bribery case, the Anti-Corruption Bureau(ACB) said.

A PA to commissioner of Textiles was already arrestedon November 11 for demanding a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from theowner of a private security agency, it said in a release.

The accused, including assistant commissioner YogeshBakre, had allegedly demanded the money to clear the pendingbill of the complainant for providing services of securityguards at a spinning mill which comes under the Department ofCo-operative Marketing and Textile, it said.

A court remanded Bakre in police custody till January27.