India News | CBI Arrests IAS Officer K Rajesh in Arms Licence Bribery Case
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The CBI on Wednesday arrested Gujarat cadre IAS officer K Rajesh for alleged bribery in sanctioning weapon licences to ineligible people, officials said.
New Delhi, Jul 13 (PTI) The CBI on Wednesday arrested Gujarat cadre IAS officer K Rajesh for alleged bribery in sanctioning weapon licences to ineligible people, officials said.
Rajesh, a 2011 batch IAS officer, was called to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in Ahmedabad for questioning, but he did not co-operate and was taken into custody, they said.
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It is alleged that when Rajesh was the collector of Surendranagar district, he took bribe in land deals and in sanctioning weapon licences to ineligible people, they added.
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