A press release issued by the ACB stated that Survase was held while accepting the bribe from the contractor on Thursday. The Pune unit of the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has arrested a deputy executive engineer of the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 20,000.
The accused, identified as Pradip Vasudev Survase (48), works at the MSEDCL office in Uruli Kanchan.
According to the ACB, a 39-year-old electrical contractor had approached Survase regarding sanction for setting up an electric transformer on a customer’s land. For this, Survase allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 25,000 from the contractor. After negotiations, Survase allegedly agreed to do the work for Rs 20,000. Following this, the contractor filed a complaint at the ACB’s Pune office.
The probe agency verified the complaint and then laid a trap to arrest Survase. A press release issued by the ACB stated that Survase was held while accepting the bribe from the contractor on Thursday.
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