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MSEDCL Technician Busted for Rs 13,000 Bribe to Replace Faulty Meter
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News18•27-09-2026, 22:30
MSEDCL Technician Busted for Rs 13,000 Bribe to Replace Faulty Meter
- •A senior MSEDCL technician, Arun Gite, was arrested for allegedly accepting a Rs 13,000 bribe in Beed district.
- •Gite demanded money to replace a faulty electricity meter and restore power supply to a complainant's residence.
- •The complainant's power supply was disconnected and meter removed on September 25.
- •The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) laid a trap and apprehended Gite while he was accepting the bribe.
- •A case is being registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act against the technician.
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The MSEDCL technician, Arun Gite, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 13,000 bribe to install a replacement electricity meter and restore the complainant's disconnected power supply in Beed district.
After the complainant filed a report with the ACB's Jalna unit, the anti-corruption agency set up a trap near a distribution transformer in the Jirgenagar area of Parli and caught Gite red-handed as he accepted the negotiated bribe amount.
Following his arrest during the trap operation, police stated that the process of formally registering a criminal case against the technician under the Prevention of Corruption Act was underway.
