ACB Gujarat nabs RFO in bribe case

Gandhinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed a range forest officer along with two permenant daily wage workers of Viranjali Nursery in Navalpur in Dhansura taluka of Aravalli district in a bribe case of Rs 30,000.

The complainant planted trees in nursery on behalf of his wife. An amount of Rs 66,500 as the first two installments were deposited by the forest department in his account. The accused range forest officer Hitendra Mukeshbhai Fuletra had called him and demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 via the accused daily wage worker Desai Vikrambhai Saharbhai.

The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe. The another accused daily wage worker Parmar Rameshbhai Mangabhai was found taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the complainant after being asked by the first accused daily wage worker, on behalf of the accused range forest officer, during a trap executed by ACB. ACB has detained the accused. DeshGujarat