Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Mumbai ACB Apprehends Two BMC Employees in ₹60,000 Bribery Case
Two workers from Mumbai’s municipal corporation were accused of asking a bakery owner for money.
The owner wanted to keep operating without facing regulatory action.
One worker allegedly asked for ₹70,000 for himself and the other worker.
The amount was later negotiated to ₹60,000.
The bakery owner reported the alleged demand to the Anti-Corruption Bureau.
The bureau arranged a trap operation near the K/West Ward Office.
Officials allegedly caught Vijay Patil accepting the money.
They also detained Niravkumar Jaisur and found cash and mobile phones during searches.
Mumbai’s Anti-Corruption Bureau booked and apprehended two K/West ward employees of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The employees were identified as sub-engineer Niravkumar Jaisur and staffer Vijay Patil.
Patil initially allegedly demanded ₹70,000 from a bakery businessman to help him avoid regulatory action.
After negotiations, Jaisur allegedly demanded ₹60,000 from the complainant.
The ACB caught Patil accepting ₹60,000 and seized cash and mobile phones during searches.
- Who
- The Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau and two K/West ward employees, Niravkumar Jaisur and Vijay Patil, are involved.
- What
- The employees were booked and apprehended in an alleged ₹60,000 bribery case involving a bakery businessman.
- When
- The complaint verification and trap operation took place on Wednesday; the report is dated September 3, 2026.
- Where
- Near the ground-floor elevator and inside the K/West Ward Office in Andheri West, Mumbai.
- Why
- The alleged bribe was sought to allow the complainant to continue operating his bakery without regulatory action.
- Agency
- Mumbai Unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Accused employees
- Niravkumar Jaisur, 43, a sub-engineer, and Vijay Patil, 46, a K/West ward staffer
- Initial alleged demand
- ₹70,000
- Negotiated alleged demand
- ₹60,000
- Trap result
- Vijay Patil was allegedly caught accepting ₹60,000
- Cash seized from Patil
- ₹40,820 during his personal search and ₹2,37,600 from his bag
- Other seized items
- One mobile phone from Patil and two mobile phones from Jaisur