Maha engineer caught taking Rs 1 crore bribe, held

An assistant engineer of the state’s industries development body, MIDC, was arrested on Saturday and a deputy engineer has been booked for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 crore to clear a pending bill to a civil work contractor, reports Ahmed Ali. It is one of the biggest bribery traps unearthed this year by the state Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), its officials claimed. The Nashik unit of ACB has arrested assistant engineer Amit Gaikwad, who is attached to the MIDC in Ahmednagar, after it “caught him red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1 crore” from the contractor.