ACB Gujarat traps and detain a class one officer in bribe case

Dahod: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat Police has trapped and nabbed an Incharge District Education Officer (DEO) of Dahod in a bribe case.

Accused Mayur Patekh is in charge district primary and higher secondary education officer of Dahod district. He had demanded and accepted Rs. 1 lakh bribe. He was trapped while receiving bribe today outside the District Primary Education Officer’s office.

According to ACB, a complainant, in this case, works at Panam-based Ratneshwar Ashram school. He had applied for a transfer to Afva-based primary school in Fatepura taluka in Dahod district. Accordingly, he was given a transfer order on 29 October last year.

For this clearance, the accused officer had demanded Rs. 5 lakh bribe initially but later fixed it at Rs. 4 lakh. The accused officer had taken a Rs. 2 lakh installment of bribe previously and he was asking for payment of another Rs. 2 lakh installment repeatedly.

As the complainant was not willing to pay the bribe, he contacted ACB, following which a trap was arranged and the witness was roped in. The accused officer was held after he demanded Rs. 1 lakh bribe and asked to put the sum in his government vehicle inside the district education office compound. The accused officer is detained. DeshGujarat