Ahmedabad : The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday arrested the sarpanch of Gamanpura village in Mehsana district and the village talati-cum-mantri for allegedly accepting a Rs 1 lakh bribe to grant construction permission for an industrial unit.
The accused were identified as sarpanch Maniben Thakor, 46, and talati-cum-mantri Dipti Patel, 41. The complainant had purchased land in Gamanpura and started a water-treatment chemical manufacturing unit after the plot was converted to NA use in 2023. Investigators said Thakor allegedly sought Rs 80,000 for herself and Rs 20,000 for Patel, claiming that the latter also had to be paid for clearing the proposal. During the operation, Thakor allegedly accepted Rs 80,000 while Patel took Rs 20,000 from the complainant.
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Thakor allegedly demanded the bribe from a businessman who had approached the Gamanpura gram panchayat for permission to construct a building on his non-agricultural (NA) land, according to the ACB. He later sought permission to construct a building on another plot to expand production. Unwilling to pay the bribe, the businessman approached the ACB. The entire amount was recovered by the ACB team. The trap was led by police inspector M R Sheth of the Ahmedabad city ACB police station under the supervision of assistant director M H Puwar of the ACB’s Ahmedabad unit. Download the TOI App.
The agency laid a trap at the Gamanpura gram panchayat office on Monday.