Rajkot: In Surendranagar today, ACB set up two traps in a single day and arrested a total of three persons including a clerk of the Mines and Minerals Department besides the Circle Officer of Chotila Mamlatdar office. Both these traps were set by ACB’s Rajkot and Bhavnagar units. According to ACB sources, the relative of the complainant had purchased the land of Navagam Survey No. 6 through the sale deed. The circle officer of Chotila Mamlatdar office, Jignosh Haribhai Patdia, demanded a bribe of Rs.1 lakh in exchange for getting the land registered in village sample no.6. It was decided to take Rs.40 thousand at the end of Rakzak. But since the complainant did not want to pay bribe, he complained on ACB’s toll free number. Based on which the PI R of Bhavnagar unit of ACB. D. Sagar set a trap and caught the accused Jignoshbhai from his own chamber under the guise of taking a bribe of Rs.40 thousand. In another case, Naka Clerk Sajid Khan Ahmed Khan Pathan (A.D. 55) and Security Guard Girish Hirabhai Jhala (A.D. 47) of Surendranagar’s Mines and Minerals Department were today fined Rs. After taking a bribe of 1000, the investigation has been carried forward.
According to ACB sources, three dumpers of the complainant are plying in Surendranagar district for transporting minerals. So, Naka Clerk Sajid Khan and Security Guard Girish of the check post of the Mines and Minerals Department near the board of Kataria village near Limbadi, in exchange of entry and non-harassment from the complainant, Rs. per dumper. 500 per article Rs. Demanded a bribe of 1500. At the end of Rakzak, Rs. 1000 were ready to take. But since the complainant did not want to pay the bribe amount, Assistant Director in charge of ACB Rajkot Division K.H. Complained to Gohil. So PI MM. Laliwala had set the trap. After being identified, the complainant reached the check post of the Mines and Minerals Department. Where Naka Clerk Sajid Khan and Security Guard Girish Rs. ACB caught red-handed taking a bribe of 1000. ACB has registered a case against both the accused and proceeded with the investigation.
