Mumbai: Shankar Patole, a deputy commissioner of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) and a private individual, arrested by the Thane Unit of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a Rs 25 lakh bribery case, were on Thursday produced before a local court which remanded them to police custody till October 04.

Allegations of Bribery

According to the ACB, on September 29, the complainant, who is a developer, had approached Patole, who was heading the TMC's Encroachment Control and Eviction Department, regarding the issue of an illegal encroachment on a land he was developing.

In his complaint to the ACB, the complainant has alleged that Patole, in order to take action on the illegal encroachment, demanded a bribe of Rs 50 lakh.

Catch of the First Installment

A private person, Omkar Gaikar, wh

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