Extortion Whistleblower Turned Suspect: Suspended Gujarat Officer Ketki Vyas Detained In ₹3.56 Crore Wealth Case

The Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) has detained suspended Class-I officer and former Anand Resident Additional Collector (RAC) Ketki Vyas in connection with a massive disproportionate assets case. Vyas, who had been evading arrest for months following a probe by the Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), was tracked down and picked up from her sister's home in the city's Bopal area on Wednesday.

Crime Branch officials confirmed that Vyas was immediately handed over to the ACB for further legal action, marking a dramatic turning point in a high-profile saga that originally began with a wild blackmail ring targeting senior bureaucrats.

Disproportionate Wealth 68% Above Known Income

The Anti-Corruption Bureau booked Vyas under the Prevention of Corruption Act after an extensive financial audit exposed unexplained wealth linked to her tenure from 2012 to 2023. According to ACB investigators, the senior bureaucrat accumulated ₹3.56 crore in illicit assets—an astonishing 68.84 per cent higher than her legitimate, known sources of income over the eleven-year period under scrutiny.

The agency alleges that Vyas systematically abused her administrative position to channel corrupt earnings into lucrative real estate investments and movable assets held under her name and those of close relatives. Following the formal registration of the DA case at the Ahmedabad ACB police station, Vyas went into hiding to avoid arrest.

From Spy-Camera Scandal To Corruption Dragnet

Vyas first shot to national headlines during her posting as RAC in Anand district, where she was arrested alongside former deputy mamlatdar J D Patel and accomplices for allegedly planting hidden cameras inside the office chamber of then Anand Collector D S Gadhvi.

The conspiracy, which involved an attempt to honey-trap and blackmail the top district official into approving controversial land conversion deals, triggered a sweeping internal probe.

While investigating the blackmail racket, law enforcement agencies initiated a parallel audit into Vyas’s personal finances, which eventually unearthed millions in unaccounted wealth. The Assistant Director of the Ahmedabad ACB unit is currently leading the extended interrogation to trace additional properties and hidden bank accounts linked to the suspended official.