Gandhinagar: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers conducted a search operation at the private residence of 2011- batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre, K Rajesh in Gandhinagar considering the allegations of corruption against him.

It is learnt that a team of the agency is at Surendranagar city for 2 days where K Rajesh was the district collector and was reportedly involved in land allotment scam and gun license scandal. There are multiple allegations of corruption against K Rajesh. K Rajesh was transferred to the General Administration Department (GAD) as a joint secretary in Gandhinagar in June 2021 following the complaints from local BJP leaders to the then CM Vijay Rupani.

CBI has detained Rafique Menon from Surat, who allegedly acts as a middleman on behalf of K Rajesh. He has been brought to Gandhinagar for interrogation. A CBI officer said that the searches were conducted at Gandhinagar, Surendranagar, Ahmedabad and Surat and at his native place in Andhra Pradesh. DeshGujarat