ACB nabs three in bribe case in Surat

Surat: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed deputy engineer and electrical assistant of DGVCL Yogi Chok subdivision in Varachha in Surat along with a person in a bribe case of Rs 35,000

The officers of DGVCL Yogichok sub subdivision in Varachha, Surat had seized the meter box from the complainant’s office as he didn’t pay the electricity bill. The accused deputy engineer Miteshkumar Harishchandra Pastagiya demanded a bribe of Rs 35,000 from the complainant to re-install the meter box and resume electricity and asked him to pay the bribe to the accused electrical assistant Yogeshbhai Limjibhai Patel.

So, the accused electrical assistant demanded the bribe from the complainant. The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe. During the trap executed by ACB, another accused person Vijaybhai Bhikhabhai Parmar was found taking a bribe of Rs 35,000 after the accused electrical assistant asked the complainant to pay the bribe to him. ACB has detained the three accused.