Woman Sarpanch in central Gujarat nabbed by ACB for taking bribe
February 29, 2020
Godhara: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat police today nabbed red-handed a woman Sarpanch in a village of Panchmahal district who was taking bribe from an ‘outsider’ involved in underground cable laying work of public sector telecom company BSNL, to allow him to remain in her village.
Assistant Director of the ACB, D P Chudasama said that sarpanch of Khanpur village under Morva Hadaf taluka, Shardaben Jaydipshin Bariya was nabbed from her house in the village red handed taking bribe of Rs 4000 from the man.
The man, who made the secret complaint to the ACB, was living near the Panchayat office as care-taker of the ongoing cable work. The sarpanch had threatened him saying that he was an outsider. She had said that if he wanted to live in the village he should pay her bribe.
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