Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Indore, caught two officials of the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 on Friday. The accused have been identified as Puneet Agrawal, assistant revenue officer (ARO), zone-19, and Rohit Sable, in-charge bill collector, revenue department, zone-19.

According to officials, the complainant Santosh Silawat, a scrap dealer and resident of Geeta Nagar, lodged a complaint at the office of EOW SP Rameshwar Yadav on Wednesday. He reported that his warehouse had been sealed by the revenue department after a notice was pasted by the IMC officer.

To reopen the sealed warehouse and settle pending property tax, the officials allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 1,00,000, later reducing it to Rs 50,0

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