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Aam Aadmi Party corporator Suhagia arrested in Surat over 10 lakh bribe

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Surat : ACB has arrested Surat’s Aam Aadmi Party corporator Vipul Suhagia in the case of demanding Rs 10 lakh bribe from Surat Municipality’s pay and parking contractor. However, the role of municipal officials in this whole case is also questionable. Eighty of Varachha Zone. The complaint mentioned that a meeting was held at the commissioner’s office, but no action has been taken against the municipal officials so far. The contractor of Multi Level Pay & Park in Surat’s Puna Magob area demanded Rs 11 lakh, threatening to cancel the contract saying that he had forced the premises of the vegetable market. Surat ACB against two corporators of Aam Aadmi Party of Surat Municipal Corporation who were ready to take Rs.10 lakh after Rakjak After testing the recording CD of the conversation in FSL, they registered a case of demanding bribe of Rs.10 lakh and arrested corporator Vipul Suhagia.Town planning scheme no. . 53 of final plot no. A multi-level pay and park facility has been set up in 88. For which the municipality gave a contract to a person named Hitesh Savani. Where corporator Jitu Kachhdia and Vipul Suhagia came. They took pictures of the kitchen utensils being placed by the parking lot men and also had an altercation with the contractor’s men. Later, when Bhavesh Jasani, another parking contractor was sent for settlement, Rs 11 lakh was demanded for the settlement. In this regard, the two corporators had a conversation with the contractor in person and on the mobile phone regarding the demand for bribe, and after a protracted ruckus after a ruckus, the ACB took action after testing the recording CD of the conversation with both of them who were ready to take Rs.10 lakh. However, the entire conversation was audio recorded by the contractor. In the conversation, both corporators were using the word to be given in sign language as a code word instead of the word money. However, in the conversation, the accused clarified that the document means money. ACB conducted a preliminary inquiry on the request of the contractor not wanting to pay the bribe money along with the CD of the recording of the conversation. ACBA observed the dialogues recorded in the CD and confirmed the fact that bribe was demanded by both the corporators. According to the ACBA legal provisions, the voice spectrography of the contractor and both the corporators was conducted at FSL and it was established by FSL that the voice of the contractor and both the corporators were the same in the CDs produced. A certificate was given in this regard. So, as per the allegations of the application, after the demand of Rs.10 lakh bribe made by the two corporators to the contractor was fully supported during the investigation, Police Inspector Kalpesh Dhaduke of Surat City ACB Police Station became a prosecutor on behalf of the government and a crime under the Prevention of Corruption Act was filed against the two corporators Jitu alias Jitendra Kachdia and Vipul Suhagia. Noti corporator Vipul Suhagia was arrested. Further investigation is going on under the supervision of ACB Surat Unit Assistant Director RR Chaudhary.

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