Parcel With Dummy Notes: How Maharashtra Forest Officer Was Caught Taking Bribe
A Maharashtra forest official was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly demanding a 45 lakh rupee bribe. The bureau successfully trapped the official by using a parcel containing a mix of genuine and dummy currency notes.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing efforts by Indian anti-corruption agencies to curb systemic graft within government departments through sting operations.
A forest department official was caught on Friday for allegedly seeking and accepting a bribe of Rs 45 lakh, with the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau using dummy notes with a face value of Rs 40 lakh during the trap it laid as part of its operation.Srinivas Linganna Lakhmawad (40), a Class I officer in the Social Forestry Division, was held at his residence in Nagar Naka on Canal Road here by the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar unit of the ACB, an official said."A range forest officer (RFO) approached ACB on July 29 with a written complaint claiming Lakhmawad had sought a huge bribe of Rs 45 lakh to process distribution of tree plantation funds.
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