ACB Gujarat nabs Dy Mamlatdar, his aide in bribe case

Ahmedabad: Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has nabbed a deputy mamlatdar of civil supply department working in Detroj mamlatdar office along with a middleman in a bribe case involving sum of Rs 1500.

The accused deputy mamlatdar Bhikhabhai Prahladbhai Patel demanded a bribe of Rs 3 thousand from the complainant to issue a ration card for complainant’s widow sister. Accused accepted the bribe of Rs 1500 the same day and asked to pay the remaining amount the next day.

The complainant contacted ACB as he was not willing to pay the remaining bribe. The accused middleman Sunilji Ajmalji Thakor was found accepting a bribe of Rs 1500 from the complainant on behalf of the accused deputy mamlatdar during a trap executed by ACB. The accused have been detained.

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