<p class="title">Two persons, including a policeman, have been arrested from Vashi in Navi Mumbai for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 for not taking action against a vendor for selling banned pan masala, the ACB said Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused are identified as Rameshwar Khatal, a police naik, and his accomplice Bhura Patidhar who runs a tea stall in Vashi, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stated in a release.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khatal had seized the banned pan masala from the complainant and allegedly demanded Rs 4 lakh hush up the matter, but later settled for Rs 60,000, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, the complainant approached the ACB which laid a trap near the tea stall Monday night and nabbed Patidhar when he was accepting the first instalment of Rs 30,000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khatal was held when he arrived at at the tea stall to collect the money from Patidhar, the ACB said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and further investigation is underway.</p>
<p class="title">Two persons, including a policeman, have been arrested from Vashi in Navi Mumbai for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 for not taking action against a vendor for selling banned pan masala, the ACB said Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The accused are identified as Rameshwar Khatal, a police naik, and his accomplice Bhura Patidhar who runs a tea stall in Vashi, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stated in a release.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khatal had seized the banned pan masala from the complainant and allegedly demanded Rs 4 lakh hush up the matter, but later settled for Rs 60,000, it said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, the complainant approached the ACB which laid a trap near the tea stall Monday night and nabbed Patidhar when he was accepting the first instalment of Rs 30,000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Khatal was held when he arrived at at the tea stall to collect the money from Patidhar, the ACB said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A case has been registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and further investigation is underway.</p>