Aurangabad civic engineer held for accepting Rs 1 lakh bribe

An engineer in the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and his aide were nabbed on Sunday afternoon for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh for extending an official favour, an ACB official said.

The accused engineer is identified as Waman Kamble (56), who is posted in the anti-encroachment department, and his aide as Vijay Nikalje (39), said ACB investigation officer Unmesh Thite.

He said Kamble had allegedly demanded a bribe of 2.50 lakh from the complainant for not demolishing his house during a road expansion work.