Pune ACB arrests officer in ₹8 crore housing society bribery case

• ACB arrested Bhaskar Rajaram Pol in Pune for demanding an ₹8 crore bribe related to a cooperative housing society.
• Pol was caught red-handed accepting the first installment of ₹30 lakh near an office in Shaniwar Peth.
• The bribe was demanded for issuing equity certificates to 32 new members of the Ekta Cooperative Society and securing property in a future auction.
• Liquidator Vinod Manikrao Deshmukh is also named in the case under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Why It Matters: It highlights official corruption and successful anti-corruption bureau action.