{"id":59154,"date":"2025-01-04T06:57:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T06:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=59154"},"modified":"2025-01-04T06:57:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T06:57:49","slug":"two-cooperative-registrar-officials-arrested-for-bribery-in-thane-rs-60000-bribe-accepted-for-housing-society-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/two-cooperative-registrar-officials-arrested-for-bribery-in-thane-rs-60000-bribe-accepted-for-housing-society-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Cooperative Registrar Officials Arrested for Bribery in Thane RS 60,000 Bribe Accepted for Housing Society Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two officials from a cooperative registrar\u2019s office for allegedly accepting a bribe of \u20b960,000 to grant approval for a cooperative housing society in Maharashtra\u2019s Thane district, police reported on Saturday, January 1, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Arrest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acting on a complaint, the ACB laid a trap and arrested assistant registrar Chetan Chowdhary (32) and junior clerk Vijay Singh Patil (44) under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Thane ACB, Madhavi Rajekumbhar, stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Bribery Demand<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the ACB, Patil initially demanded \u20b970,000 for himself and his seniors to approve the formation of a cooperative housing society. After negotiations, the amount was reduced to \u20b960,000. The duo was caught red-handed accepting the bribe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Legal Proceedings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A case has been registered against the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act, and an investigation is underway to uncover further details and possible connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested two officials from a cooperative registrar\u2019s office for allegedly accepting a bribe of \u20b960,000 to grant approval for a cooperative housing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59154","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59156,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59154\/revisions\/59156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}