SSNNL executive engineer faces DA probe now

  • | Monday | 19th November, 2018

Rathwa was caught from mela na medan locality in Surendranagar,” said C J Sureja, Rajkot ACB inspector. Later, the Rajkot ACB and the Surat ACB officials unearthed Rs 46.20 lakh cash after raiding three houses of Patel.ACB team then raided Patel’s rented house in Dhrangadhra and found Rs 3.44 lakh. We will probe into the assets he had acquired during the stints of different jobs he he has done so far. Patel is presently lodged in a jail in Surendranagar along with Rathwa.“It was Rathwa who was caught while accepting the bribe money on behalf of Patel. The accused had demanded the bribe from the complainant, an ex employee of the SNNL, to grant him benefits as per seventh pay commission.

Rajkot: The Rajkot anti-corruption bureau (ACB) on Sunday booked Mahesh Patel, executive engineer with Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) of Dhrangadhra division, for possessing assets disproportionate to his known source of income after Rs 46.20 lakh cash was recovered from him.The money was received as kickbacks from contractors for passing the canal works.Patel was arrested along with his accomplice Pratik Rathwa, a junior clerk in the same department, for accepting Rs 2,000 bribe in Surendranagar on Wednesday. Later, the Rajkot ACB and the Surat ACB officials unearthed Rs 46.20 lakh cash after raiding three houses of Patel.ACB team then raided Patel’s rented house in Dhrangadhra and found Rs 3.44 lakh. Then, Surat ACB raided his native home in Sarvani village of Chikhli taluka in Navsari district and found Rs 42.45 lakh cash from there.The Rajkot ACB has also decided to seize Patel’s 15 accounts in different banks opened either in his name or in the names of his family members on Monday.“We will scrutinize the details of all transactions of Patel’s accounts to find out the source of his disproportionate source of income. We will probe into the assets he had acquired during the stints of different jobs he he has done so far. We will attach all of his illegal properties,” said HP Doshi, deputy superintendent of police of Rajkot ACB.The ACB on Monday is likely to secure the custody of Patel from Surendranagar special court and formally arrest him in the Rs 46.20 lakh kickback case. Patel is presently lodged in a jail in Surendranagar along with Rathwa.“It was Rathwa who was caught while accepting the bribe money on behalf of Patel. The accused had demanded the bribe from the complainant, an ex employee of the SNNL, to grant him benefits as per seventh pay commission. Rathwa was caught from mela na medan locality in Surendranagar,” said C J Sureja, Rajkot ACB inspector.

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