The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a Tax Collector of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 for providing property assessment records of a house registered in the name of the complainant’s wife. The accused has been identified as Gaurav Raju Wankhede (25), a Tax Collector in NMC. The trap was conducted on Thursday at around 5 pm. As per information, the 62-year-old complainant had applied to obtain Jamabandi records of a property registered in his wife’s name.

 

The accused allegedly demanded Rs 1,000 to facilitate the process and provide the required records. Unwilling to pay a bribe for an official service, the complainant approached Nagpur ACB office on November 12 and lodged a complaint. Following the complaint, the ACB conducted a verification of the alleged bribe demanded in the presence of panch witness, using a voice record. During verification, the accused was found demanding Rs 1,000 for providing property records. Thereafter, the ACB team laid the trap and caught him red-handed. A case has been initiated against Wankhede at Sadar Police Station under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018.