Mumbai: Two civic engineers held for bribery by ACB

Two engineers of the BMCs Building and Factory department were arrested on Monday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.90 lakh from a businessman, an Anti Corruption Bureau official said.They have been identified as D Ward staffers Amol Chandrakant Thavil 39 and Dattatray Sambhaji Mane 36, he said.As per the complainant, who is a automobile spare parts dealer, the two officials sought Rs 2 lakh to allow him to build a shed for his shop.

Two engineers of the BMC's Building and Factory department were arrested on Monday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.90 lakh from a businessman, an Anti Corruption Bureau official said.

They have been identified as D Ward staffers Amol Chandrakant Thavil (39) and Dattatray Sambhaji Mane (36), he said.

''As per the complainant, who is a automobile spare parts dealer, the two officials sought Rs 2 lakh to allow him to build a shed for his shop. He approached the ACB and Thavil and Mane were held while accepting Rs 1.90 lakh. They have been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act,'' he said.