India, July 17 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Pune division on Tuesday arrested a Mandal Officer from the Shivane Circle office for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.2 lakh to cancel a recent land modification and assist in transferring a disputed property to the complainant's name.

The accused, identified as Maruti Mahadev Chormale (53), a resident of Maval in Pune district, was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe near the Accord Hospital on Spine Road, Bhosari.

Chormale was serving as a circle officer in Shivane at the time of the incident. In addition to Chormale, the ACB also arrested Jayesh Balasaheb Barmukh (33), a private individual from Chandkhed in Maval taluka, who allegedly acted as a middleman. According to offi...