MUMBAI, Oct. 3 -- A sudden and steep increase in a bribe demand from a builder - from Rs.20 lakh to Rs.50 lakh - led to the arrest of Shankar Patole, deputy municipal commissioner of the Thane Municipal Corporation. The bribe was regarding demolition of three shops that stood in the way of a Thane-based builder's plans to develop a property in Naupada. The builder, through common friends, met Patole, who had promised he would act against the encroachers. P4...