Maharashtra: Beed tehsildar accused of demanding Rs 20,000 bribe suspended
A tehsildar in the Beed district of Maharashtra has been suspended after he was arrested last month by ACB for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000, news agency PTI reported. The tehsildar demanded the amount in exchange for issuing a solvency certificate, an officer said on Tuesday. The order to suspend Vyankatesh Munde, who served as the tehsildar of Parli Vaijnath, was issued by Divisional Commissioner Jitendra Papalkar following his arrest on February 20. Munde had allegedly demanded Rs 50,000 for issuing a solvency certificate of Rs 7 lakh. ACB found that the accused reportedly indicated the demand by writing the amount on a slip of paper. The amount was later negotiated down to Rs 20,000. An officer said, “The Divisional Commissioner has suspended Munde, as he was absent from his office for more than 48 hours (after he was arrested). He has been assigned the Jalna headquarters and will have to take permission from the Jalna collector if he wants to leave the headquarters.” Two jail staffers held for accepting bribe in Thane …
