North India Statesman
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Jaipur, 23 August (HS). Jaipur Development Authority has become a hub of bribery. On Friday, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) attacked one of the roots of corruption going on in JDA. ACB arrested seven people while taking bribe from a complainant in zone-9 and seized an amount of Rs. 1.5 lakh. ACB exposed the bribery game and arrested a Patwari, a JEN, three Girdavar, a Tehsildar and a broker. During the action, ACB also seized the mobiles of other officers present in zone-9. During the action, ACB seized the entire zone. During the action, more than fifty officers and employees present there were detained in the office itself. At present, the ACB team is busy interrogating the accused.
ACB Additional Superintendent of Police Himanshu Kuldeep said that Jaipur Development Authority Zone Number-9 Tehsildar Laxmikant Gupta, Girdavar Rukmani (Patwari in charge), Girdavar Shriram Sharma, Patwari Ravikant Sharma, JE Khemraj Meena, Patwari Vimala and her husband Mahesh Meena (broker) have been arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh. The ACB team has also seized a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from them. Apart from this, the ACB team has found Rs 1 lakh in cash separately. Searches are being conducted at the houses of all these accused.
Superintendent of Police Himanshu Kuldeep said that money was being demanded from a victim in September 2023 for the work of land conversion. The victim met the Patwari, Tehsildar, JEN, Girdavar of Zone Number Nine several times and asked for work. After this, he was constantly being harassed for the demand of money. During this, Patwari Vimala Meena's husband Mahesh demanded twelve to thirteen lakh rupees to get the work done. After talking several times, the deal was settled for one and a half lakh rupees. The victim, who was worried about the bribe, complained to the ACB office in Jaipur. The ACB verified the complaint and took trap action and on Friday late evening the complainant was sent with one and a half lakh rupees of bribe. After the bribe amount was distributed to everyone, the ACB raided. Seeing the ACB team, the bribe-taking officers hid the money behind the cupboard towards the wall and in their undergarments. During the ACB action, more than fifty officers and employees were present in the office of Zone Number Nine. During the operation that lasted two and a half hours, the ACB interrogated the officers and employees who were not found involved in the bribery and then let them go after questioning them one by one. After this, Tehsildar Laxmikant Gupta, Girdavar Rukmani (Patwari in charge), Girdavar Shriram Sharma, Patwari Ravikant Sharma, JE Khemraj Meena, Patwari Vimala and her husband Mahesh Meena (broker) were arrested in the bribery case. The ACB team has launched a search operation at the hideouts of the accused.
