Mumbai: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against two individuals for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to facilitate the release of a car towed by the BMC.The accused have been identified as Santosh Sonu Patade (51) and Devendra Chandrakant Bandwadkar (52). A case has been registered against them under Sections 7 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.According to the ACB, the complainant’s Maruti Suzuki WagonR was towed by the BMC on July 14. Patade allegedly demanded Rs 10,700 for releasing the vehicle. Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the ACB’s Worli unit on July 23 and lodged a complaint.During the verification process conducted the same day, Bandwadkar allegedly stated that payment had to be made for the vehicle’s release and, after negotiations, agreed to accept Rs 6,000. Acting on the complaint, the ACB laid a trap on July 27 and allegedly caught Patade red-handed while accepting Rs 6,000 on behalf of Bandwadkar without issuing any official govt receipt.
