Chief Officer of Municipality and Engineer held in Rs. 16,000 bribe case
September 30, 2021
Gandhinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed the chief-officer and municipal engineer of Gariyadhar Municipality in a bribe case of Rs 16,000.
The contract for construction of the wall of crematorium in Gariyadhar was allotted to the complainant and the bill of this work was approved. The accused chief officer Vardhilal Dayalal Pujara (Age 60 years) had according to ACB, demanded a bribe of Rs 18000 from the complainant to issue a check for payment of the amount of bill. The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe.
The accused municipality engineer Pratik Bakulbhai Desai (Age 22 years) was caught by ACB while taking a bribe of Rs 16,000 on behalf of accused chief officer after speaking to him regarding same during a trap. ACB has detained both the accused. DeshGujarat
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