India, April 20 -- A special court constituted under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act sentenced a 60-year-old former employee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to three years of imprisonment for allegedly demanding Rs.26,000 illegal gratification and accepting part of it.

The accused officer, Laxman Pawar, was a rent collector with the North Division ward of the civic body. In 2016, the complainant wanted to transfer the tenancy of a BMC room from his late mother's name to his name. For this, Pawar allegedly demanded Rs.3,5000 to initiate the transfer process and Rs.2,500 for site inspection. He then demanded Rs.20,000 to complete the file. At this demand, the complainant on ____ (when) approached the Anti-Corruption B...