Passport office cop falls in ACB net

Shaikh had applied for a passport in Mumbai. The office sent the application to the passport branch of Pune police for verification of Shaikh8217;s character.

D8217;Mello visited Shaikh8217;s house on June 2. Since Shaikh was not available the he left a note asking Shaikh to contact him at the passport branch office between 9.30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Thursday.

D8217;Mello asked for Rs 100 when Shaikh met him. Shaikh immediately approached Superintendent of Police ACB S M Mushrif and lodged a complaint. A team of ACB sleuths comprising inspectors S T Kadam and V U Bagal, head constables N S Gore and constable S K Kokate had laid a trap at the office of passport branch to catch D8217;Mello. Later in the afternoon, the ACB sleuths filed a case against D8217;Mello at Bund Garden police station.

Charas seized: The Pune Customs commissionerate seized 1.5 kg of charas valued at Rs 60,000 on Wednesday and arrested one person. Acting on a tip off, officers of the customs department raided the house of Deepak Gajanan Chavan in Somwar Peth on Sunday. Preliminary investigations revealed that Chavan used to deal in narcotics regularly.