India, April 3 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Pune sleuths on Wednesday arrested two officials from the BJ Medical College Pune for accepting a bribe of Rs.1 lakh from the complainant, the officials said. The accused have been identified as Jayant Chaudhari (49), senior assistant and Suresh Bonwale (53), office superintendent at BJ Government Medical College, Pune.

A 32-year-old complainant on April 1 had filed a complaint against both accused. According to the complainant, in 2023, he had completed furniture work at the BJ government medical college worth Rs.20 lakh. To clear the initial bill of Rs.10 lakh, the accused demanded a 13 % commission of the bill, amounting to Rs.1.3 lakh. After a negotiation, the accused duo agreed to a...