ACB nabs Deputy city engineer of AMC taking bribe of Rs one lakh in the name of allotment of EWS flat

Ahmedabad: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat police today nabbed a Deputy City Engineer of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) red-handed taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a man in the name of getting him allotted a flat under the Economically weaker section (EWS) scheme of the government.

ACB Assistant Director D P Chudasma said that the Dy City Engineer M J Solanki had earlier demanded Rs 5 lakh from the complainant for allotment of EWS flat to him and taken Rs 2.5 lakh. Later when he stopped taking phone calls of the man, he approached him. Solanki demanded Rs 8 lakh more for it.
On the basis of the secret complain by the man, the ACB today laid a trap in the AMC office in Usmanpura and nabbed the engineer red-handed taking a bribe of Rs one lakh.

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