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Woman clerk arrested in bribery case in Kolhapur

Kolhapur, May 21 (UNI) A senior woman clerk was arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tusday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a complainant (businessman) at tehsil office in Kagal town of the district.
Alleged accused, Ashwini Atul Karande (46), who was working as senior clerk (class-3) at tehsil office in Kagal of the district, had demanded Rs 60,000 as bribe from complainant for giving a certificate of non-agricultural land that he had taken on lease for extraction of mineral in Kagal tehsil.
Then, the matter was settled at Rs 30,000.
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