Maha: Court clerk held by ACB for bribery

A clerk in the Dahanu magistrate's court in Palghar district was on Tuesday arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe for providing a certified true copy of an order, a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said.

ACB Palghar unit Deputy Superintendent of Police Navnath Jagtap identified the accused as junior clerk Rajendra Pardeshi (44).

''The complainant wanted a certified true copy of court order and Pardeshi demanded a bribe and was held during a trap,'' he said.