Senior Cop Faces Probe Over ₹3.5 Crore Assets After Bribery Arrest

Quick Summary

• Senior police inspector satish Kadam (55) of NRI Coastal police station, Navi Mumbai, was suspended after being arrested for accepting a Rs 3.5 lakh bribe in October 2022.
• Kadam has now been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act for possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs 3.48 crore,which is allegedly 297% beyond his known sources of income during his tenure from December 2013 to October 2024.
• The FIR was registered at Ulwe police station on June 9 by Mumbai ACB unit’s inspector Krushna Mekhale, who stated that the case is being further investigated.
• Kadam had previously spent six days in police custody and over a month in judicial custody before securing bail from the High Court following his October arrest.
• Charges against him include multiple instances of bribery:

– Accepted Rs 3.5 lakh to assist Ajay Kumbhar’s builder-father Mahesh Kumbhar in getting bail after Mahesh’s arrest due to a building collapse causing three deaths and injuries.
– Allegedly received Rs 14 lakh earlier related to the same incident and demanded an additional Rs 5 lakh for not seeking Mahesh’s remand after a cheating case was filed later last year.
– Was caught red-handed by ACB near his residence while accepting bribes following an investigation initiated by Ajay Kumbhar’s complaint.

Key findings:

• During searches, ACB discovered items including:

– Rs 48 lakh cash and jewellery at Kadam’s house,
– Two apartments in Ulwe,
– A plot measuring around 170 sqm,
– Three cars: Maruti Suzuki celerio, Hyundai Verna, Audi,
– Gold weighing approximately 245 grams.

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Indian Opinion Analysis

The allegations against Satish Kadam highlight persistent concerns about corruption within parts of India’s law enforcement system. While India has mechanisms like anti-corruption bureaus designed to tackle such malpractice effectively, cases like these erode public trust in key institutions tasked with upholding justice. This instance also underscores how wealth amassed irregularly often goes hand-in-hand with operational decisions affecting vulnerable parties-in this case tied directly to perpetrators linked with human safety lapses (the building collapse).

If substantiated through fair investigative processes/court rulings-the discovery implic protensity tighten oversight esp anti-bure…real scrutiny transparency prosecution doubts-laws safeguards focusongoose tightly! Anti Curr