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Mumbai Crime Branch Arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)
A police inspector attached with Mumbai Crime Branch was caught accepting Rs 22 lakh
Mumbai Crime Branch has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for accepting Rs 22 lakh in cash from a liquor shop owner. In a Bollywood-esque turn of events, ACB officers chased Anand Bhoir (43) in an auto-rickshaw in broad daylight in the crowded Andheri East.
According to ACB officers, Bhoir was investigating a case of liquor seizure. While some of the accused were arrested earlier, Bhoir allegedly threatened a liquor shop owner (name withheld as he is a complainant in the ACB case against Bhoir), saying that an FIR will be filed against him and his brother and demanded a bribe of Rs 25 lakh. As the deal was being negotiated, the liquor shop owner approached the ACB. On December 31, the two parties agreed upon Rs 22 lakh.
On January 1, Bhoir called the shop owner outside Andheri police station near the railway station at 3 pm. As the shop owner reached near Andheri police station in his car, Bhoir was waiting for him. The ACB sleuths had already marked the notes and waited for Bhoir to show up.
Bhoir, however, came and asked the shop owner to come to his car, which was parked a little ahead.
