CBI arrests BSNL employee for taking bribe

PUNE: A technical assistant of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while accepting a bribe of Rs 500 from an STD booth owner.
According to CBI officials, technical assistant Nitin Belgaonkar, who is currently posted at Kamshet, was approached by Datta Dalvi, who had applied for an STD booth.
For clearing the proposal, Belgaonkar allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 2,000. Finally, the amount was fixed at Rs 1,000, of which Rs 500 would be paid before the sanctioning of the booth.
After Dalvi was allotted the booth, Belgaonkar approached him and demanded the remaining amount. Refusing to give in, Dalvi lodged a complaint with the CBI''s anti-corruption wing in Mumbai.
The CBI then laid a trap at Belgaonkar''s office on Monday afternoon and arrested him red-handed.
In subsequent searches carried out by CBI authorities at Belgaonkar''s flat in Yamunanagar, Nigdi, fixed deposit receipts worth Rs 50,000 were confiscated. Property-related documents were also seized.
Belgaonkar was produced in the court of special judge for anti-corruption cases, Ashwinikumar Deore, on Tuesday. He has been remanded to CBI custody till October 11.