KDMC Clerk Caught Accepting ₹6,000 Bribe In ACB Trap; Tax Department Employee Arrested

ACB Thane unit caught Siddharth Borade, a clerk in KDMC's Tax Assessment Department, accepting ₹6,000 bribe.

Borade demanded the bribe from a complainant for processing tax department work; the complainant reported to ACB.

ACB laid a trap at KDMC 'B' Ward Office and arrested Borade red-handed with tainted currency.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered; investigation is ongoing for past offenses and other officials.

This arrest marks another in a series of over 50 ACB traps involving KDMC employees, raising transparency concerns.