Ahmedabad, Jul 21 (PTI) A Gujarat government employee was arrested on Monday for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 1500 and accepting it via digital payment app GPay, an Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said.
Jaydip Chavda sent a QR code of his GPay application to the complainant and asked him to deposit Rs 1500 by scanning the code instead of coming in person with cash, ACB inspector RR Solanki said.
Chavda, a Class-3 employee, works as village panchayat secretary or ‘talati-cum-mantri’ at Parab Vavdi village in Bhesan taluka in Junagadh, an ACB release said.
“The brother of the complainant had registered his marriage at Parab Vavdi recently. To avail financial assistance under a government scheme, he was required to submit a memorandum regarding his marriage. When he urged Chavda to issue the memorandum, he sought Rs 1500 as bribe,” it said.
“The accused sent a QR code of his GPay mobile app to the complainant’s brother and asked him to send the money by scanning it. After getting a complaint, Solanki and his team from Rajkot ACB unit laid a trap at Chavda’s office on Monday and arrested him as soon as he received the bribe money on his payment application,” the release said. PTI PJT BNM
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