ACB Gujarat nabs surveyor in bribe case

March 01, 2022
ACB Gujarat nabs surveyor in bribe case

Gandhinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed surveyor of survey office at Bhimjipura, Ahmedabad in a bribe case of Rs 1,60,000.

The complainant had 3-13-63 hector square meters of agricultural land in the old survey number. The government had conducted land survey in 2010. After the survey, the measurement came out to be 3-24-45 hector square meters. Thus, the measurement had increased by 11 guntha due to error in the land survey. The accused surveyor Jayeshkumar Somabhai Patel had demanded a bribe of Rs 1,80,000 from the complainant for making correction in the land survey number. The bribe was reduced to Rs 1,60,000 after arguments.

The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe. The accused was found taking a bribe of Rs 1,60,000 from the complainant during a trap executed by ACB. ACB has detained the accused. DeshGujarat

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