Opposition reveals 'bribes blacklist' of excise officials
The Free Press Journal|May 28, 2024
Ravindra Dhangekar, Sushma Andhare accuse excise officials of collecting 70-80 lakh haitas' monthly from pubs, bars
Opposition reveals 'bribes blacklist' of excise officials

Amid the ongoing probe into the Pune Porsche crash, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Monday alleged that bribes had changed hands between the officialdom and the bars and pubs in the city.

Congress MLA Ravindra Dhangekar and Shiv Sena (UBT) Deputy Leader Sushma Andhare took a protest march to the State Excise Department Superintendent Charansing B Rajput's office to register a complaint and highlight the corrupt practices prevalent there. The protest procession showed the two leaders and a social crusader Mohan Joshi, displaying wads of currency notes, a box (khokha, slang for crore rupees) with a minister's photo and a sack with '50 khokha' scrawled on it, against the backdrop of the Porsche car crash that killed two 24-year-old techies on May 19.

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