ACB Gujarat nabs another Sarpanch in bribe case
November 03, 2022
Vapi: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed the sarpanch of Morai gram panchayat in Vapi taluka of Valsad district along with a middleman in a bribe case of Rs 2 lakh.
The complainant talked to the accused sarpanch Pratikbhai Rameshbhai Patel to get a contract of digging to deepen a lake in Morai village. The accused sarpanch demanded a bribe of Rs 10 lakh to allott him the contract after a resolution in the gram panchayat. He decreased the bribe to Rs 7 lakh after arguments. The complainant told the accused that he would be able to manage paying Rs 2 lakh at that time. The accused agreed to accept the amount.
The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe. The accused sarpanch asked the complainant to pay the bribe to the accused middleman Ballu alias Jagdishbhai Dhirubhai Patel during the trap executed by ACB. The accused middleman was found taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh on behalf of the accused sarpanch during the trap executed by ACB. ACB detained the accused middleman and the accused sarpanch is yet to be found. DeshGujarat
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