Three members of a central government-appointed committee were arrested in Aurangabad by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while allegedly accepting a Rs 1.70 lakh bribe for a positive feedback on the city’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ works. After conducting inspection for two days, they demanded a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh from AMC officer Jayashree Kulkarni to file a positive report,” the SP said. After negotiations, Kulkarni, who is co-ordinator of Swach Maharashtra Abhiyaan, locked the deal at Rs 1.70 lakh as she was threatened with a negative rating by the accused that AMC. She later brought the matter to the notice of AMC commissioner and also filed a complaint with the ACB sleuths against the trio. A trap was laid at a city hotel on Saturday and the three people were held as soon as they accepted the bribe, the senior officer said.

Source: Hindustan Times January 22, 2017 13:05 UTC