Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad City Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has caught Ashokbhai Madhavlal Patel, an assistant clerk working in the appellate department of the City Civil and Sessions Court, Bhadra, red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000. The accused had allegedly demanded the bribe by promising to secure a decision in favour of the complainant in a court case.

According to the ACB, there was a dispute over a common compound wall between the complainant’s house and the neighbour’s house. After the complainant served a notice regarding the neighbour’s alleged illegal encroachment, the neighbour filed a suit against the complainant in the City Civil and Sessions Court, Bhadra. During the court commission proceedings, the accused, Ashokbhai Patel, allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs. 10,000 on the pretext of securing a decision in favour of the complainant.

Since the complainant did not want to pay the bribe, he approached the Ahmedabad City ACB. Based on the complaint, the ACB laid a trap on July 3. The accused was caught red-handed by the ACB team in front of the Meldi Mata Temple near Dharti Circle in Naranpura while accepting a bribe of Rs. 10,000 from the complainant. The entire bribe amount was also seized. DeshGujarat