Indore, Oct 3 (PTI) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of police on Friday caught an Assistant Revenue Officer (ARO) of the Indore Municipal Corporation and another employee while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a scrap dealer.

The complainant's warehouse in Piplyahana area had been sealed due to property tax dues, and ARO Puneet Agarwal and in-charge bill collector Rohit Sable allegedly colluded to demand a bribe for permission to reopen it, said an EOW official.

"We laid a trap and caught Sable red-handed accepting Rs 40,000 in the IMC office. Agarwal was also present there," said EOW Deputy Superintendent of Police Kanhaiyalal Dangi.

A case was registered against them under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The two were released after serving notices under relevant legal provisions, and further probe was underway, the EOW official said. PTI HWP MAS KRK

Government employees accepting bribe caught; case registered under Prevention of Corruption Act, released after notices pending probe. Two municipal employees allegedly accepted Rs 40,000 from a scrap dealer to reopen a warehouse sealed for property tax arrears; a controlled operation apprehended one employee taking the payment and the other present. A case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act, statutory notices were served in place of continued detention, and further investigative and evidentiary inquiries are ongoing.