ED arrests Gujarat IAS officer Rajendrakumar Patel in graft-linked laundering case | India News


ED arrests Gujarat IAS officer Rajendrakumar Patel in graft-linked laundering case

AHMEDABAD: ED Friday arrested IAS officer Rajendrakumar Patel from Gandhinagar in connection with a recently busted bribery-linked money laundering case in the Surendranagar district collector office, and produced him before a PMLA court in Ahmedabad.ED sought 10 days of custodial interrogation to probe information that the commission amount for granting approvals for change of land use from agricultural to non-agricultural was fixed, and that the accused amassed over Rs 10 crore. Judge K M Sojitra ordered Patel be sent to ED remand till Jan 7.In its remand application, ED quoted statements of co-accused in Surendranagar district collectorate’s racket of fixed bribe for speedy approvals of applications for land use change to assert that collector Rajendrakumar Patel used to receive 50% share of bribe collected while the rest was shared among other officers. The ED quoted another accused stating that Patel’s PA used to collect bribe money on his behalf and later handed it over to him.From ‘hisaab sheet’ of bribe money prepared by accused, ED said it traced 800 applications for NA permissions, from which the accused received a bribe amount of Rs 10 crore.



Source link

  • Related Posts

    Senior Journalist and Padma Bhushan awardee HK Dua passes away at 88 | India News

    Senior journalist and Padma Bhushan awardee HK Dua passed away in New Delhi on Wednesday at the age of 88, his family said, according to The Tribune. He had been…

    Relief to vehicle owners, hypothecation removal now to be online | India News

    NEW DELHI: In a major relief, the removal of hypothecation from vehicles will now happen automatically through an online system once loan is fully repaid, saving people from the hassle…

    प्रातिक्रिया दे

    आपका ईमेल पता प्रकाशित नहीं किया जाएगा. आवश्यक फ़ील्ड चिह्नित हैं *

    hi_INहिन्दी