KOTA: ACB on Friday arrested Kota’s ex-UIT chairman R K Mehta for alleged abetment to bribery, giving profit to incorrect individual by means of misusing his powers as the chairman of the institute and accepting a bribe of Rs five lakh. Mehta used to be on Saturday produced in the ACB courtroom in Kota that ordered to send him to ACB remand till February 19. Mehta used to be detained from his house in Talwandi house of Kota town on Friday for interrogation after his title surfaced in a case lodged in July 2018 beneath sections eight,9, 10, 12, 13 [1][D] of PC Act 1988 Act and 120 B of IPC, Tarunkant Somani, DSP, ACB, Bundi, stated.
Following interrogation, he used to be arrested on Friday night, he added.
Two different accused – Mahesh Kumar Meghani and Kanwaljeet Singh, have been arrested in this connection previous and are actually out on bail, he stated.
During the investigation of the case, Mehta’s role surfaced in the transcripts of mobile recording and he used to be found to have negotiated an unfair deal of Rs 20 lakh out of which he authorised Rs five lakh.
In a land-related subject, Mehta, as UIT chairman, played the role of a mediator in abetment to bribery of Rs 20 lakh. Misusing the power of his place of job, he gave profit to the incorrect individual in an unfair manner, the DSP added.
He authorised a bribe of Rs five lakh in the deal of Rs 20 lakh, stated DSP, ACB, Bundi.
The accused used to be produced before the ACB courtroom in Kota on Saturday that ordered to send him to ACB remand till February 19, he added.
Following interrogation, he used to be arrested on Friday night, he added.
Two different accused – Mahesh Kumar Meghani and Kanwaljeet Singh, have been arrested in this connection previous and are actually out on bail, he stated.
During the investigation of the case, Mehta’s role surfaced in the transcripts of mobile recording and he used to be found to have negotiated an unfair deal of Rs 20 lakh out of which he authorised Rs five lakh.
In a land-related subject, Mehta, as UIT chairman, played the role of a mediator in abetment to bribery of Rs 20 lakh. Misusing the power of his place of job, he gave profit to the incorrect individual in an unfair manner, the DSP added.
He authorised a bribe of Rs five lakh in the deal of Rs 20 lakh, stated DSP, ACB, Bundi.
The accused used to be produced before the ACB courtroom in Kota on Saturday that ordered to send him to ACB remand till February 19, he added.
Former Kota UIT chairman arrested in bribery case
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