ACB Gujarat nabs multiple people in various Bribe cases

Gandhinagar: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat nabbed various accused this week in various bribe cases.

ACB nabbed an assistant electrical inspector of Valsad named Amitkumar Kantilal Patel in a bribe case of Rs 20 thousand on 25th July. He had demanded a bribe of Rs 20 thousand from the complainant for issuing an inspection certificate to him and signing and stamping the annual electric installation inspection report. The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe. ACB detained the accused after finding him accepting a bribe of Rs 20 thousand from the complainant during a trap executed by ACB.

In another case, ACB nabbed a zonal officer in charge of the food and civil supply department of Sarkhej zone in Amdavad with a middleman in a bribe case of Rs 1,35,500 on the 26th July. A complainant was booked at Sarkhej police station under the essential commodities act. The accused middleman Abdul Razak alias Rajubhai Dilawarbhai Chauhan demanded a bribe of Rs 1,65,000 on behalf of the accused in charge zonal officer Bhupendrakumar Babubhai Chaudhari for not taking arrest actions under Prevention of Black Marketing and as monthly instalment. Both accused were found taking bribes of Rs 1,35,500 during a trap executed by ACB. Both accused are detained.

In another case, ACB nabbed the Sarpanch of Iyava gram panchayat Vishnubhai Mohanbhai Chauhan in a bribe case of Rs 25 thousand. The complainant had constructed a new crematorium at Iyava village. The bill of raw materials and labour was Rs 2,19,185. So, Iyava gram panchayat had paid a check to him. The accused Sarpanch demanded Rs 30 thousand considering 10 per cent of the estimated bill of Rs 3 lakh of the crematorium to give him development works from the grant to be conducted in future and to not torture him. The amount was reduced to Rs 25 thousand after arguments. Complainant contacted ACB as he wasn’t willing to pay the bribe. The accused Sarpanch was found taking a bribe of Rs 25 thousand during a trap executed by ACB. He is detained.

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