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Ahmedabad, Oct 14 (PTI) The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested four staffers of a taluka panchayat in Panchmahal district for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 4.45 lakh, an official said on Thursday.
The ACB on Wednesday arrested Zarina Ansari, the taluka development officer (TDO) of Shehra taluka, accounts assistant Hemant Prajapati, assistant engineer Riyaz Mansuri and Kirtipal Solanki of the Watershed Development Team, the official said.
Ansari is a Class-2 government officer, while the others are contractual employees of Shehra Taluka Panchayat, he said.
According to the ACB, the complainant is a material supplier who had won a tender to supply raw material for construction of a road, a well and a protection wall under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) scheme.
The accused had allegedly demanded a bribe from the complainant to handover cheques of Rs 4.46 crore towards his payment, it was stated.
This bribe was in addition to what the complainant had paid earlier when the work was underway, the official said.