Naresh Jani, Assistant Director of the Surat Mining Department, surrendered himself to a special court in Surat in connection with a ₹2 lakh bribery case.

Naresh Jani, the assistant director of the Mining Department of Surat, surrendered himself on July 29 to a special court for ACB in Surat in a case of taking a bribe of ₹2 lakh. The officer has now been taken into custody. 

Jani, a Class-I Assistant, had demanded a bribe of ₹2 lakh from a businessman operating a sand business in the Bhata area for the royalty permit from the Surat division of the Mining Department. 

The businessman had lodged a complaint with the Ahmedabad ACB, following which a trap was laid and his middleman, Kapil Prajapati, was caught red handed accepting the bribe on behalf of the office on June 11. 

However, Naresh Jani had absconded after the trap. He subsequently filed an anticipatory bail application, but withdrew it after seeing the court's stern stance and surrendered.

The Ahmedabad ACB is also likely to seek his remand.

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