Malegaon Municipal Commissioner Detained by ACB Over Alleged Bribery Just Days Before Retirement

Talk about timing! Just two days before hanging up his boots, <b>Malegaon Municipal Commissioner</b> Ravindra Jadhav landed in <b>ACB custody</b> alongside his personal assistant and garden superintendent over alleged bribery. The <b>Nashik Anti-Corruption Bureau</b> caught them red-handed following a complaint that a 4 percent cut was allegedly demanded to clear pending bills worth roughly Rs 20 lakh.<br><br>Red tape and bureaucratic greed refuse to take a retirement break in our administrative corridors. When public servants treat pending files like personal ATM machines, it exposes how deeply institutional rot is baked into everyday governance.<br><br>This high-profile trap serves as a grim reminder that accountability eventually catches up, even at the fag end of a career.