Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Borivali Police Sub-Inspector Arrested in ₹1.30-Lakh Bribery Case
A police officer in Borivali was arrested after an anti-corruption team said it caught him taking a bribe.
The officer is named Dnyaneshwar Parade.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau says he asked a 65-year-old man for money.
The money was allegedly connected to an investigation involving the man and his two sisters.
The man reported the demand to the bureau on September 29.
Officials checked the claim the next day.
They say the officer first asked for ₹1.50 lakh, then agreed to ₹1.30 lakh.
The team says it caught him taking that money at the police station on Monday evening.
Anti-Corruption Bureau officials arrested Borivali Police Station Sub-Inspector Dnyaneshwar Parade on Monday evening.
The ACB alleges Parade demanded a bribe from a 65-year-old complainant.
The alleged payment was sought in connection with an ongoing investigation and to shield the complainant and his two sisters from arrest.
The complainant filed a written complaint on September 29, and officials verified the demand the following day.
The ACB says Parade first demanded ₹1.50 lakh, then agreed to ₹1.30 lakh and was caught accepting that amount.
- Who
- Borivali Police Station Sub-Inspector Dnyaneshwar Parade and a 65-year-old complainant.
- What
- Parade was arrested after the Anti-Corruption Bureau said it caught him accepting an alleged ₹1.30-lakh bribe.
- When
- Monday evening, October 5, 2026; the complainant filed his written complaint on September 29.
- Where
- Borivali Police Station, Mumbai.
- Why
- The ACB alleges the money was sought in exchange for cooperating in an ongoing investigation and shielding the complainant and his two sisters from arrest.
- Arrested officer
- Dnyaneshwar Parade, a 31-year-old Sub-Inspector of Police
- Police station
- Borivali Police Station
- Alleged final bribe amount
- ₹1.30 lakh
- Initial alleged demand
- ₹1.50 lakh
- Complainant
- A 65-year-old person
- Complaint date
- September 29, 2026
- Verification
- The ACB began verification the day after the complaint