By means of PTI
NEW DELHI: The CBI arrested Gujarat-cadre IAS officer Okay Rajesh on Wednesday for alleged bribery in sanctioning weapon licences to ineligible other people, officers stated.
Rajesh, a 2011-batch Indian Administrative Provider (IAS) officer, was once known as to the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Ahmedabad administrative center for wondering, however he allegedly didn’t cooperate and was once taken into custody, they added.
It’s alleged that after he was once the collector of Surendranagar district, Rajesh had taken bribes for land offers and sanctioning weapon licences to ineligible other people, the officers stated.
In Might, the company had arrested Mohammad Rafiq Menon, who allegedly used to paintings as a conduit for the officer.
Along with granting palms licences to ineligible other people, it’s also alleged that Rakesh had taken bribes for the allotment of presidency land and regularisation of encroached executive land within the identify of ineligible beneficiaries.
“A initial enquiry was once previous registered on a request of the Gujarat executive within the topic. The moment case is the result of the PE,” the CBI had stated after the registration of the case.
After accommodation the case, the company had carried out searches on the premises of the accused in Gandhinagar and Surat (in Gujarat) and Rajahmundry (in Andhra Pradesh), which resulted in the restoration of incriminating documentary and virtual proof, it had stated.