Registrar of Co-ops caught taking bribe

PANJIM, JUNE 29
The Registrar of Co-operative Societies, P K Pattidar, who also holds additional charge as Director, Animal Husbandry was today caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials accepting a bribe.
ACB Police Inspector Nilesh Rane addressing media, after sleuths raided Pattidar’s Patto office disclosed that he was caught taking Rs 15,000 from a contractor.
“We received a complaint this morning from one contractor who had supplied feed worth Rs 23 lakh to the Dhaat and Koparde farms”, Rane stated.
He said that the complainant had alleged that Pattidar was demanding 10 per cent as commission for settling his bills, which was working out to Rs 2.3 lakh. After negotiations, the complainant agreed to pay the amount in instalments with the first instalment being of Rs 15,000, Rane stated.
Following the complaint, ACB sleuths laid a trap and he was caught red-handed accepting Rs 15,000 at the Registrar of Co-operative Societies office at Patto plaza, at around 5.15 pm today, the official said.
Sources in the ACB disclosed that Pattidar used to regularly call the contractors at the Patto office of Registrar of Co-op Societies for such nefarious activities.
ACB officials also raided Pattidar’s house to conduct a thorough probe into his assets, sources said.
After the raids, Pattidar was arrested and taken to ACB office at Altinho.