Retired IPS officer and a key accused in faux come across cases, DG Vanzara’s son Arjun, a category-II officer, on July 5 was caught red-surpassed alongside along with his subordinate officer with the aid of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths in Vadodara even as accepting Rs seventy five,000 as bribe.
Arjun Vanzara is a mamlatdar (executive Justice of the Peace) published in Vadodara rural. He alongside with his deputy mamlatdar Jashvantsinh Dashrathsinh Hajuri had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs1 lakh from the complainant “to reserve in favour of complainant’s land matter.”
Each of them had been arrested, ACB officials stated including that they will be produced earlier than a unique court on Wednesday. However, DG Vanzara when contacted, said that he will remark most effective upon getting all the information of the case. He said that he can be maintaining a press conference on Wednesday to clear his stand. “I’m a accountable public figure and as soon as I get details I might simply make my stand clean,” he advised this paper.
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The complainant Chintan patel, a resident of Varsada village, who owns land near Itoal village inside the district, had approached the ACB officers after he became allegedly pressured to provide bribe to the two accused.
Patel had bought land someday returned from one Chandrakant Chavda and had were given it registered on his call at Mamlatdar office. He had received all of the documents related to land ownership Patel obtained a be aware stating “the land hasn’t been now not registered within the Mamlatar file e book and he wishes to do this entry.”
To start with, he met the officers at the Mamlatdar office however after few visits Hajuri requested Patel “to settle the problem through paying Rs.1 lakh.” Patel turned into constantly receiving the calls from the Hajuri to settle the matter. All through his run-ins with the officials Patel additionally met Vanjara and Hajuri in person and asked to lessen the quantity and they allegedly settled the deal for Rs. 75,000.
“After receiving the complaint from Patel we laid the trap at Mamlatdar workplace on Tuesday night wherein we despatched Patel to the office to handover the cash at the same time as we have been ready outside. once Patel exceeded over the money to Hajuri, we raided the workplace and caught Both of them crimson-passed and recovered the cash from them,” Assistant Director (ACB) P R Gelot stated.
He said that cash over Rs. 3.27 lakh has additionally been recovered from Vanzara’s vehicle, at the same time as Rs26,142 has been recovered from Hajuri’s possession.
“Both accused had been booked beneath segment 7 (Public servant taking gratification aside from legal remuneration in admire of an official act.) 13 (Crook misconduct by means of a public servant) of prevention of anti-corruption act. The accused may be produced in the courtroom the following day,” stated G D Palsana Police inspector, ACB Vadodara.
