Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Maharashtra Cops Booked Over Alleged Bribe in Attempt-to-Murder Case
The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau is investigating four people in a bribery case.
Two of them are police officers from Solapur.
The other two are described as private agents.
They allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh from a licence consultant.
The money was allegedly meant to help an accused obtain anticipatory bail.
It was also allegedly meant to stop parts of the PCPNDT Act from being added to the case.
The two private agents were arrested.
A police case was filed against all four under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau booked two Solapur policemen over an alleged Rs 25 lakh bribe demand.
The bribe was allegedly sought to arrange anticipatory bail for an accused in an attempt-to-murder case.
The demand also allegedly aimed to prevent sections of the PCPNDT Act from being invoked.
Two private agents, Aba Sawla Walkunde and Mahadev Pandhari Mane, were arrested.
An FIR was registered against all four under the Prevention of Corruption Act at Malshiras police station on Friday.
- Who
- The Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau, police havaldars Anil Mahadev Shinde and Rahul Maruti Wagh, and private agents Aba Sawla Walkunde and Mahadev Pandhari Mane.
- What
- The policemen were booked and the two private agents arrested over an alleged Rs 25 lakh bribe demand.
- When
- An FIR was registered on Friday; the article does not provide a date.
- Where
- Malshiras police station in Solapur district, Maharashtra.
- Why
- The bribe was allegedly demanded to arrange anticipatory bail in an attempt-to-murder case and prevent the invocation of PCPNDT Act sections.
- Alleged bribe
- Rs 25 lakh
- Investigating agency
- Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Booked policemen
- Police havaldars Anil Mahadev Shinde and Rahul Maruti Wagh
- Arrested agents
- Aba Sawla Walkunde and Mahadev Pandhari Mane
- Relevant law
- Prevention of Corruption Act
- Additional statute mentioned
- Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act
- FIR location
- Malshiras police station, Solapur district