{
  "id": 7971560,
  "title": "Pune Activist Alleges Mantra Builders Distributing Expensive Gifts To PMC Officials; Seeks ACB Probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/pune-activist-alleges-mantra-builders-distributing-expensive-gifts-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T06:05:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-activist-alleges-mantra-builders-distributing-expensive-gifts-to-pmc-officials-seeks-acb-probe"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Pune: Pune-based activist Sanjay Kone has alleged that city-based developer Mantra Properties is distributing expensive gift hampers to Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) officers to influence civic decisions. Kone on Tuesday claimed that a large stock of designer bags and wooden gift boxes bearing the 'Mantra' branding was found inside the PMC premises and near officers' chambers. #Pune : Activist…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}