ACB Gujarat nabs Sarpanch, Engineer in Rs. 1.40 lakh bribe case

Bharuch: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat on Friday detained Sarpanch of Khanpurdeh village and Additional Assistant Engineer (Civil), Class-3 of Jambusar Taluka in Bharuch district for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs. 1,40,000 for signing a bill of road construction works. The incident took place at Sea-food godown office, Machchhi Market, Dholikui, Bharuch.

As mentioned by ACB in a note, the complainant had handed over a bill of Rs. 1, 56, 000 to Khanpurdeh Gram Panchayat for Mati Mattel and CC Road construction work in the village. Talati Cum Mantri had created and signed a check of that bill and asked the complainant to get it signed by Sarpanch. Following that, one of the accused- Abdulrashid Suleman Patel, Sarpanch of Khanpurdeh village had demanded a bribe of Rs. 1,40,000 for signing the bills of current and previous works from the complainant. Both the accused were nabbed by ACB after one of the accused- Sarpanch demanded and accepted bribe of Rs. 1,40,000 on behalf of Accused-2 Shashikant Mohanbhai Chaudhary, Additional Assistant Engineer (Civil) Class-3, Jambusar during the trap, as per the note of ACB.

The Trapping officer was Mr. K. V. Lakod, Police Inspector of Vadodara rural ACB Police station and Supervision officer was Mr. P. D. Barot, In-charge deputy director at ACB Vadodara branch. DeshGujarat