ACB Gujarat nabs Beat Guard in Rs. 5,000 bribe case

Surat: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat nabbed a beat guard of velanpur in Mahuva, Surat along with another person in a bribe case of Rs 5000.

The complainant, handling a business of firewood, had sent a tempo filled with firewood from Chikhli area to Sachin GIDC industrial unit, Surat on 23rd November with a driver. The accused Mahuva forest beat guard Tarunbhai Thakorbhai Neta had asked the tempo driver for the certificate after inquiring him about the tempo filled with firewood in front of Sanvalla village milk union. The tempo driver had refused about having the certificate. So, the accused beat guard had demanded a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant for not taking any legal actions by calling him through the tempo driver’s mobile phone.

The bribe amount was reduced to Rs 5000 after arguments. The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe. The another accused Darshankumar Kanubhai Chaudhari (computer operator) was found taking a bribe of Rs 5000 from the complainant on behalf of the accused beat guard during a trap executed by ACB. The accused beat guard is not found during the investigation and the other accused person is detained by ACB.