November 4th 2023.
In an extraordinary anti-corruption operation, the Nashik Anti Corruption Bureau has succeeded in apprehending an Assistant Engineer from the Maharashtra Industrial Area Industrial Development Corporation. The engineer, Amit Kishore Gaikwad, was allegedly accepting a bribe of a whopping ₹1 crore. Sub-divisional engineer Ganesh Wagh is also thought to be involved in the bribery scandal. A case has been registered against the two suspects under the Prevention of Corruption Act at the MIDC police station in the city.
According to ACB sources, Amit Gaikwad, the Assistant Engineer implicated in the bribery scandal, is from Nagpur. The individual who reported the extortion to the Nashik ACB is a contractor who had recently completed the installation of a 1000 mm diameter pipeline. Gaikwad had demanded the exorbitant ₹1 crore bribe for himself and Wagh in exchange for approving the project and signing the bills for payment.
In response, the ACB team in Nashik organized a sting operation near the Anand Super Market building along the Ahmednagar-Sambhajinagar highway last Friday afternoon. During this operation, Gaikwad accepted the bribe amount of ₹1 crore, which he had demanded for himself and Wagh. The exchange took place in front of a punch, as Gaikwad made a phone call to Wagh to confirm the bribe's receipt and inquire about the location for delivering Wagh's share. Wagh replied, 'Keep it with you for now; I will provide instructions shortly on where to deliver it.'
The ACB's successful apprehension of Gaikwad and Wagh is a major breakthrough in the fight against corruption. This follows another remarkable arrest by the ACB in Navi Mumbai, where a Circle Officer was apprehended while accepting a ₹50,000 bribe in exchange for land sale documents in Murbad Taluka. The ACB is to be commended for their dedication and unwavering commitment to rooting out corruption in India.
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