Patil had alleged that Sarabjot Singh had demanded a bribe of Rs.3 crore for withdrawing an atrocities case under the SC/ST act filed against Patil by a group of local conservancy workers employed by him.

Sarabjot Singh was nabbed by CBI sleuths when he was allegedly accepting Rs.10 million in New Delhi.

The conservancy workers, numbering around 100, worked for Patil who is a contractor with Nashik Municipal Corporation. They filed the case alleging he was not paying them their wages and had also taken a bank loan of Rs.10 crore in their name.

After this, the workers filed a case against Patil with the Nashik Police under the SC/ST Atrocities act.

Sarabjot Singh, who was in touch with the aggrieved conservancy workers, allegedly approached Patil with an offer to withdraw the case against him in return for Rs.30 million (three crore).

After some haggling, Patil promised to cough up the sum and also informed the CBI about Singh's demands.

CBI sleuths laid a trap for Singh and caught him in New Delhi last (Thursday) evening when he was accepting the first instalment of Rs.10 million from Patil.