ACB Gujarat nabs Assistant Engineer of Zilla Panchayat in bribe case

Morbi: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat has nabbed an assistant engineer from the Road & Building Department of Morbi Zilla Panchayat for his involvement in a bribery case of ₹2,00,000.

According to the case details, the complainant, a subcontractor of Gujarat Construction Company, was involved in constructing a road under the PMGSY scheme. The promoters were working on a 19.6 km asphalt road from Ransangpar State Highway in Miana taluka to Ransangpar, Nawagam, Medhpar, Derala to Pipaliya Doublepatti Road near Mahendragarh village. After completing the work, the complainant submitted a bill of ₹3,40,00,000. The accused assistant engineer, Umang Chaudhary, was expected to forward the bill file with his observations. However, instead of providing observations, the accused demanded a bribe of 0.75%, which, according to the bill amount, was ₹2,55,000. The bribe amount was later settled at ₹2,00,000.

As the complainant was unwilling to pay the bribe, he contacted the Morbi ACB and filed a complaint. Later, a setup organized by the ACB, the accused instructed the complainant to go to any Angadia office, send ₹2,00,000 to Modasa. Acting on this the complainant along with witnesses went to P M Angadia and provided the money to the employee of the Angadia office. As the employee handed over the slip of the transaction to the complainant, the ACB confiscated the money. Subsequently, the accused has been detained, and further proceedings are underway. DeshGujarat