Mumbai clerk caught taking ₹5,000 bribe to clear salary bill

A 40-year-old senior clerk in Mumbai's Naigaon was caught allegedly accepting a ₹5,000 bribe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on October 13. Badrinath Shivhari Thorve allegedly demanded ₹35,000 to process a man's pending salary bill after his sick leave was regularised. The ACB seized his mobile phone and the bribe money, while a search of his residence is underway.