Archive · 21 May 2025
Mumbai Cooperative Officer Arrested for Accepting Bribe of Rs 2 Lakhs
A government officer named Vikas Korde was caught taking a bribe.
He worked for the Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies in Mumbai.
Someone who was a treasurer for a housing group went to Korde's office because the treasurer wanted help with problems in the housing group.
Korde asked for money to speed things up.
The treasurer reported this, and Korde was caught taking a bribe of 2 lakh rupees.
The police are now looking into the case and if other officials were also involved.
The officer was charged under a law against corruption.
A cooperative officer was arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakhs.
The officer, Vikas Ramchandra Korde, worked for the Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies.
The complainant was the treasurer of a housing society.
The bribe was demanded to expedite a case.
The ACB laid a trap and caught the officer accepting the bribe.
- Who
- Vikas Ramchandra Korde, a Cooperative Officer Grade-2, and the complainant, treasurer of a housing society.
- What
- Vikas Ramchandra Korde was arrested for accepting a bribe.
- When
- Tuesday (per the article)
- Where
- Bandra (East), Mumbai
- Why
- To expedite the complainant's case regarding the housing society.
- Officer Arrested
- Vikas Ramchandra Korde
- Officer's Department
- Deputy Registrar of Cooperative Societies, K West Division
- Bribe Amount
- Rs 2 lakhs
- Charges
- Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
- Complainant's Role
- Treasurer of a housing society
- Location of Incident
- Bandra (East), Mumbai