CBI detains IAS officer from Gujarat cadre in corruption case

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• Jul 14, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

The officer from the 2011 batch is accused of soliciting and accepting bribes while issuing arms licences and land allotments during his tenure as the district's collector for Surendranagar. 

Digital Desk: IAS officer K Rajesh, an
IAS officer from the Gujarat cadre, was detained by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday in connection with an alleged case of
corruption. The officer from the 2011 batch is accused of soliciting and
accepting bribes while issuing arms licences and land allotments during his
tenure as the district's collector for Surendranagar. 

According to a CBI
official, "We have arrested IAS officer K Rajesh in the corruption case
after he failed to cooperate with the investigation." Previously, in May,
the CBI arrested a trader from Surat who is accused of acting as a middleman
for Rajesh. The Gujarat government complained to the central government,
according to the FIR, and the central government launched an investigation
against the IAS officer. On the basis of which an FIR was filed, the CBI was
requested to conduct an initial investigation.

The case was filed against the
then-collector (an IAS officer from the 2011 batch) of Surendranagar and others
on the grounds that they demanded and received bribes in connection with the
issuance of arms licenses, the allocation of government land, and the regularisation
of encroached government land in the names of ineligible beneficiaries. A
preliminary investigation into the incident was already opened at the Gujarat
government's request. The present case is the result of the PE, according to a
statement from the CBI.