The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Wednesday arrested a deputy municipal commissioner of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) and another person in connection with an alleged bribery case.

According to the agency, on instruction of TMC official Shankar Patole, two private persons — Omkar Gaikar and Sushant Surve — were also involved in the crime.

According to the ACB official, the complainant, a private developer, has been developing a property in Thane and approached the TMC to remove three illegal structures on the plot. Patole was on deputation in TMC, holding the charge of anti-encroachment department.

Initially, when the complainant approached Patole in July, he allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh to take action against the illegal structures. He allegedly accepted the first instalment of

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