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One arrested in bribery case in Sangli

Sangli, Mar 2 (UNI) The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested a private person while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a complainant at a hotel on Miraj-Pandharpur road here.
The alleged accused, Prashant Prakash Patil (30), resident of Shirdhon village in Kavathe-Mahankal tehsil of the district, had demanded Rs 1.25 lakh as bribe from the complainant for the release of his seized tractor-trolly and not to face action for illegal transportation of sand, an official press release issued by ACB said here.
After taking Rs 88,000 as part of the bribe from the complainant, Patil released the tractor-trolly to the complainant but demanded to pay the remaining amount of Rs 37,000 from the complainant. Then the matter was settled at Rs 30,000.
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