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MUMBAI: Nathu Vithal Rathod, CEO of state-owned Aarey Dairy, was arrested by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Monday for allegedly seeking a Rs 50,000 bribe from a slumdweller in Aarey Colony. Rathod was held after his office assistant, Arvind Tiwari, was arrested while allegedly accepting the sum on his behalf.
The ACB’s Mumbai unit booked them under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The post of the CEO is of Class I rank, on par with an assistant collector.
According to the ACB, the complainant has a house near Unit 32 inside Aarey Colony in Goregaon (East). He had sought permission to repair it before monsoon. Any repair or reconstruction in Aarey requires sanction from the CEO’s office.
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MUMBAI: The chief executive officer of the state owned Area Dairy at Goregaon was caught along with his subordinate by the Anti Corruption Bureau on Monday while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a slum dweller inside the Area colony.
In 2011 the then CEO LR Bhosale was similarly caught by the ACB while accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh to award a contract to a private contractor.
The ACB Mumbai unit on Monday arrested Nathu Vithal Rathod (42) and his peon Arvind Tribuhavn Tiwari (57) while accepting a bribe under various sections of prevention of corruption Act. The post of CEO is a class one rank and the post of CEO is on the par with an assistant collector’s post.