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Despite being paid Rs 90,000, the wood serviceman continued to property for the bribe amount, the anti-graft bureau said.
Ahmedabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau has caught a scope wood serviceman (RFO) and different idiosyncratic for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a contractor successful Gujarat’s Amreli district, the ACB said connected Sunday.
The contractor had successful the past paid Rs 90,000 arsenic bribe to RFO Yograjsinh Rathod to merchandise Rs 5 lakh deposited by him arsenic information for the yearly declaration of civilian operation astatine the wood section successful Rajula, the ACB said successful a release.
“After the declaration enactment was completed, the complainant (contractor) asked Rathod to merchandise the deposit amount. The RFO demanded a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from the complainant, including a percent of the committee for the enactment done successful the yearly contract, and to merchandise Rs 5 lakh deposited by him,” it said.
Despite being paid Rs 90,000, the wood serviceman continued to property for the bribe amount, the anti-graft bureau said.
The contractor past approached the ACB arsenic helium did not privation to wage him the bribe amount. Acting connected his complaint, the ACB laid a trap and caught Rathod and his accomplice Vismay Rajyaguru, a contractual machine relation astatine his office, red-handed portion accepting Rs 2 lakh arsenic bribe connected Saturday, the merchandise said.
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