Former Collector Pradeep Sharma arrested; sent on 3 days remand

Bhuj: CID Crime of Gujarat Police arrested former Collector Pradip Sharma on Sunday and produced him before the Bhuj chief court’s Judge. Sharma has been sent to 3-day remand. The case pertains to Sharma’s tenure as district collector of Kutch in the year 2004. An applicant Kirtikumar Chandulal Thakkar had in the year 2004 applied for regularization of his land. Sharma is accused of doing a lower assessment of that land which caused a loss to the public exchequer. A complaint was filed against then collector Pradip Sharma, then Dy Collector Francise Suvera and then Town planner Natubhai Desai. Sharma is facing another case of violation of government rule in the allocation of land for construction in Bhujiya foothills. He is facing another case of using a mobile phone illegally in Bhuj jail. Anti Corruption Bureau and Enforcement Directorate (EF) had filed a case against him in the Welspun case for non-agriculture conversion of land below market rate. DeshGujarat