A law officer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and a Tis Hazari court staffer are in jail for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe to “help” a West Delhi man to obtain a stay on the demolition of his property by the civic body. A judge rejected the law officer’s plea for bail on Saturday.

The story began on September 29, when MCD officials seized the property of one Rakesh Aggarwal, a resident of Uttam Nagar.

On October 15, Aggarwal went to the MCD Appellate Tribunal at the Tis Hazari courts complex to file an application for de-sealing of his property, and in the hope of obtaining a stay order against demolition.

At Tis Hazari, Aggarwal met Vikas Bharti, an ahlmad of the court, and Renu Soni, Junior Law Officer, MCD, who allegedly told him that they could “help” him

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