TDO nabbed by ACB Gujarat for demanding and accepting Rs. 5,000 bribe

Gandhinagar: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed Amrut Haribhai Parmar, a Taluka Development Officer (TDO) of Sutrapada taluka in Gir Somnath district of Gujarat for demanding and accepting Rs. 5,000 bribe today.

According to ACB, a complainant is contractor who had received work order for paver block laying. He had completed the works within prescribed time-frame. When he met the accused TDO for completion certificate, he was denied it and asked to pay Rs. 5,000 bribe for release of Rs. 5,50,000 payment.

As the complainant contacted ACB, a trap was arranged in which the accused TDO was nabbed accepting Rs. 5,000 bribe at Taluka Panchayat office of Sutrapada. TDO Parmar, a class-2 officer has been nabbed. DeshGujarat