ACB Gujarat nabs another Sarpanch in bribe case

Idar: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed the sarpanch and computer operator of Javanpura group gram panchayat of Idar taluka in Sabarkantha district in a bribe case of Rs 12,000.

The complainant wanted to construct a house on the plot bought on his father’s ownership in his village. He had filed an application in the panchayat to get the permit for the construction of the same. The accused Sarpanch Urmilaben Mahendrabhai Parmar demanded a bribe of Rs 12,000 from the complainant to issue the permit. The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the bribe. The accused computer operator Patel Rakesh Chandubhai was found accepting a bribe of Rs 12000 from the complainant on the behalf of the accused Sarpanch during a trap executed by ACB. Both accused are detained. DeshGujarat