THANE: An official from the Thane district agriculture department in Maharashtra has been arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe from a trader to revoke suspension of licence of his fertiliser vending shop, officials said on Wednesday.
According to Ashwini Patil, deputy superintendent at the Thane anti-corruption bureau (ACB), the accused, Vijay Tupsoundarya, who works as a quality control officer at the district agriculture office was approached by the complainant who operates a fertiliser selling shop in Thane.
