BJP councillor caught accepting bribe of Rs 50,000
TNN | Updated: Feb 7, 2019, 11:11 IST
Jayanti Bhanderi SURAT: BJP councillor of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) Jayanti Bhanderi was caught accepting Rs 50,000 bribe in Singanpore area on Wednesday.
Bhanderi, who is also vice-chairman of SMC’s drainage committee, had demanded the money from a doctor to allow him to run his clinic in a residential locality. The complainant contacted Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on 1064 number and sought help. The doctor runs the clinic on the ground floor of this residence.
ACB sleuths caught Bhanderi near Vir Meghmaya Circle and recovered the bribe money from him.
In his complaint, the doctor alleged that Bhanderi, who is the municipal councillor from ward 8 (Dabholi Singanpore), demanded money for not taking action. Bhanderi allegedly demanded bribe by threatening to get the shutter of his clinic removed.
Despite several requests by the doctor to reduce the amount, Bhanderi did not relent. Later, he contacted ACB and lodged a complaint.
ABC laid the trap as Bhanderi was to accept the payment on Wednesday. When the doctor first contacted Bhanderi in the afternoon, the latter told him that he would call back in evening. At around 5:.15 pm, the councillor called the doctor and asked him to come near his house at weir-cum-causeway crossroad with the money.
Bhanderi met him on road and accepted the money but was caught as soon as he kept he money wrapped in the handkerchief in his trouser pocket.
Bhanderi, who is also vice-chairman of SMC’s drainage committee, had demanded the money from a doctor to allow him to run his clinic in a residential locality. The complainant contacted Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on 1064 number and sought help. The doctor runs the clinic on the ground floor of this residence.
ACB sleuths caught Bhanderi near Vir Meghmaya Circle and recovered the bribe money from him.
In his complaint, the doctor alleged that Bhanderi, who is the municipal councillor from ward 8 (Dabholi Singanpore), demanded money for not taking action. Bhanderi allegedly demanded bribe by threatening to get the shutter of his clinic removed.
Despite several requests by the doctor to reduce the amount, Bhanderi did not relent. Later, he contacted ACB and lodged a complaint.
ABC laid the trap as Bhanderi was to accept the payment on Wednesday. When the doctor first contacted Bhanderi in the afternoon, the latter told him that he would call back in evening. At around 5:.15 pm, the councillor called the doctor and asked him to come near his house at weir-cum-causeway crossroad with the money.
Bhanderi met him on road and accepted the money but was caught as soon as he kept he money wrapped in the handkerchief in his trouser pocket.
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