ACB decoy traps District Treasury staffers in Gandhinagar for bribery

Gandhinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat on Monday nabbed a class 4 employee working at the District Treasury Office in M S Building in sector 11 of the state capital in a bribe case involving Rs. 20,000.

As per the details of the case, the A.C.B. Gandhinagar Field received a tip-off that Rs. 3000/- to Rs. 5000/- per bill was being charged at the District Treasury Office for approving wage bills, contingent bills, higher arrears bills, fixation to full pay, etc., that came from government offices of Gandhinagar district.

On the basis of the tip-off, a decoy trap for bribery was organized with the cooperation of decoys who kept watch. During this operation, the accused Ayubbhai Subamiyan Jhalori, a Peon (Class-IV) posted at the Treasury Office, demanded Rs. 20,000/- for sanctioning of four fixation to full pay bills (Rs. 5000/- per bill) and was caught red-handed while accepting the money. DeshGujarat