Ahmedabad: A special PMLA court on Thursday rejected the bail application of IAS officer Rajendrakumar Patel, who is accused of money laundering and corruption during his tenure as Surendranagar collector. Patel was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on January 2 after the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) registered an FIR against him and others for allegedly demanding bribes to process applications related to change of land use. The 2015-batch IAS officer sought bail, claiming he had ma...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint before the Ahmedabad Rural Court against former Surendranagar district collector Rajendrakumar Patel and five other officials in connection with an alleged land conversion bribery and money laundering case. Following the filing of the prosecution complaint, the former district collector withdrew his bail plea from a special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). His counsel submitted that since the...Read More

Chotila: The district administration has launched a major drive to remove illegal encroachments on government land at the foothills of Chotila hill, resulting in the clearance of approximately 17 acres of public land. The reclaimed land is estimated to have a market value of around ₹105 crore, officials said. Chotila is home to the famous Chamunda Mata Temple, which attracts a large number of devotees throughout the year. The encroachment removal was carried out to ensure smooth movement and ...Read More

Surendranagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct a probe into a corruption case registered against four government officials in Surendranagar, including the now suspended district collector. An offence has been registered at the Surendranagar ACB Police Station under Sections 7, 12, 13(1)(b) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018). The accused include Chandrasinh Mori, Deputy Mamlatdar, Surendranagar (...Read More

Gandhinagar, January 4: The Government of Gujarat has placed senior IAS officer Rajendrakumar M. Patel under suspension following his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a money laundering case. According to an official order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Shri Patel, a 2015-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, was arrested by the ED on January 2, 2026 in connection with an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The cas...Read More

Ahmedabad: A special PMLA court on Friday remanded former Surendranagar district collector Dr. Rajendrakumar Patel to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till January 7 in connection with an alleged bribery network operating from the collectorate to fast-track land-use change approvals. Patel was produced before the court after his arrest, where the ED sought 10 days of custodial interrogation, citing the need to trace the alleged bribe proceeds and examine how the money was distrib...Read More

Surendranagar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former Surendranagar Collector Dr. Rajendra Patel in connection with the alleged ₹1,500-crore non-agricultural (NA) land conversion scam. Patel was taken into custody after sustained questioning by ED teams at his residence in Gandhinagar as part of the agency’s widening probe into large-scale irregularities in land-use permissions. The arrest follows raids conducted by the ED on December 23, 2025, at the residences of the then Su...Read More

Surendranagar: In the largest ganja seizure in the district’s history, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the police seized 3,036 kg of ganja worth over ₹15 crore after a continuous 36-hour raid in rural areas of Surendranagar. Two accused have been arrested in the case. Additionally, police seized ganja worth ₹2.33 crore from another farm in the same village and nabbed another person, taking the total value of the seized narcotics to ₹18 crore. As per the police, acting on specific...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today confirmed that it has registered a case against the now-removed Surendranagar Collector, Dr. Rajendrakumar Patel, along with others, under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Addressing a press conference, ACB DIG Makrand Chauhan stated that following the recovery of unaccounted cash from Deputy Mamlatdar Chandrasinh Mori's residence, a senior officer of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a complaint. "Based on this complaint, a case...Read More

Surendranagar: Dr. Rajendrakumar Mahendrabhai Patel, District Collector of Surendranagar who is now facing Enforcement Directorate and Anti Corruption Bureau probe is Gujarat cadre officer of Indian Administrative Service of year 2015 batch. Born on 23 August 1985, he joined IAS on 7 September 2015. He was appointed as District Collector of Surendranagar on 4 February 2025. He is Master of Arts (Public Policy) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery by education. Patel hails from Trent village of Mandal ...Read More