Patan's Chanasma Mamlatdar Office Operator Caught Accepting Bribe ₹800 in ACB trap
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The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday caught an outsourced computer operator posted at the Chanasma Mamlatdar office while allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹800 for issuing documents related to the widow assistance scheme.
The accused has been identified as Prakashkumar Bharatsinh Parmar (34), a resident of Thakorvas Jalchok in Patan.
ACB receives tip-off
According to officials, the ACB had received information that applicants seeking documents under the widow assistance scheme were allegedly being asked to pay bribes ranging from ₹100 to ₹2,000 at the Chanasma Mamlatdar office.
Accused caught red-handed
Acting on the inputs, the ACB organised a decoy operation on July 10. During the trap, Parmar allegedly demanded and accepted ₹800 from a decoy complainant for processing the required documents.
The accused was caught red-handed in the compound of the Mamlatdar office, and the bribe amount was recovered from him.
Officials involved in the operation
The operation was conducted by N K Chaudhary, Police Inspector at the Patan ACB police station, under the supervision of K.H. Gohil, Assistant Director of the Border ACB unit in Bhuj. Baldevsinh Vaghela, Deputy Director of the Rajkot unit, was the in-charge officer of the trap.
