DGP suspends ACB PI D D Chavda who was recently nabbed taking bribe of Rs 18 lakh

Gandhinagar: DGP Shivanand Jha has suspended the Anti corruption bureau (ACB) inspector D D Chavda who was recently arrested red handed by his own department near Sanathan crossing in Ahmedabad taking bribe of Rs 18 lakh from a person.

Another case has also been lodged against the Anti corruption bureau (ACB) inspector D D Chavda who was recently arrested red handed by his own department here taking bribe of Rs 18 lakh from a person.

Assitant Director of the ACB D P Chudasama today said that the DGP has said that the nature of charges leveled against Chavda would lead to his dismissal from service or suspension if proved. In such a situation if he was allowed to remain on duty he could influence the evidence against him. So he has been suspended with effect from December 25 a day after he was caught. During his suspension he has been attached with Dang district police headquarter.

After Chavda was nabbed, it was announced that if he had sought bribe from anyone else, he or she should come forward to lodge a complaint. After that a reputed doctor in Junagadh has filed a complaint that Chavda had demanded Rs 15 lakh from him and his another doctor friend in connection with his hospital being run in a residential area in the city. Case number 6/2019 has been lodged with the ACB police station in Junagadh in this regard Notably, Chavda, Inspector in the ACB office in Junagadh was caught from a place near Sanatan cross roads in Ahmedabad last week when he was taking a bribe of Rs 18 lakh from the accused of a case related with a cattle pasture land there to not to arrest him and drop his name from the list of accused.

Earlier on December 23 the home department had suspended the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Jetpur division in Rajkot district of Gujarat, J M Bharwad, who had gone in to hiding to avoid arrest after he was booked in a sensational Rs 8 lakh bribery case in August last year and surrendered before the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on November 8.

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