Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Navi Mumbai ACB Catches RTO Agent Over ₹4,500 Bribe
The Anti-Corruption Bureau investigates suspected bribe demands.
It says an RTO agent named Vilas Ganpat Sanagar asked a driving school operator for ₹4,500.
The money was allegedly requested to help transfer an autorickshaw permit.
The operator reported the demand to the ACB.
The agency checked the allegation and said it confirmed the demand.
Investigators then arranged a trap outside the Kharghar RTO office.
They say Sanagar accepted the money and was taken into custody.
A corruption case is now being processed.
The Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau allegedly caught 62-year-old RTO agent Vilas Ganpat Sanagar accepting ₹4,500.
The alleged bribe was sought from a driving school operator transferring an autorickshaw permit.
The complainant approached the ACB on August 11, and the agency later verified the alleged demand.
Sanagar was allegedly caught accepting the money at about 1:56 p.m. outside the Kharghar RTO office.
A case is being registered under Section 7(A) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, with further proceedings underway.
- Who
- The Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau and RTO agent Vilas Ganpat Sanagar; the complainant was a 37-year-old driving school operator.
- What
- Sanagar was allegedly caught accepting a ₹4,500 bribe connected to an autorickshaw-permit transfer.
- When
- The complainant approached the ACB on August 11; the alleged acceptance occurred on Tuesday at about 1:56 p.m.
- Where
- Outside the Kharghar RTO office in Panvel.
- Why
- The money was allegedly demanded for transferring an autorickshaw permit into the complainant’s name, for Sanagar and on behalf of a public servant.
- Accused
- Vilas Ganpat Sanagar, 62, an RTO agent and New Panvel resident
- Alleged bribe
- ₹4,500
- Government fee cited
- ₹25,700
- Complainant
- A 37-year-old driving school operator
- Operation site
- Outside the Kharghar RTO office, Panvel
- Alleged acceptance time
- Approximately 1:56 p.m. on Tuesday
- Legal provision
- Section 7(A) of the Prevention of Corruption Act