Ahmedabad’s Chief City Planner caught red handed accepting bribe

In a shocking incident of corruption, Ahmedabda’s Chief City Planner Navnit Balewa and his office man Jayanti Maru, were caught red handed taking a bribe of Rs. two lakh from a builder on Thursday by Anti Corruption Bureau(ACB). Balewa had demanded Rs.10 lakh to clear a file of betterment charges. While accepting the first installment, he was caught in the net of ACB.

According to information available, Kubernagar’s Rajesh Lalwani had approached Balewa about betterment tax of his Krishna kunj society for which Balewa demanded Rs.10 lakh. This deal was ultimately fixed at Rs.4.25 lakh. Having a call from Balewa, Rajesh had to reach Balewa’s Usmanpura office to deliver sum of Rs. 2 lakh as the first installment. Before reaching Balewa’s office, Rajesh approached ACB. When Rajesh reached Balewa’s office, the ACB team was ready to trap Balewa red handedly and it happened.