Overview
- The Gujarat ACB registered an FIR on an ED complaint naming ex-collector Rajendrakumar Patel, his PA Jayrajsinh Jhala, clerk Mayursinh Gohil, and deputy mamlatdar Chandrasinh Mori under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- Mori was arrested on December 23 and produced before a special PMLA court on December 24, which granted ED custody until January 1.
- ED remand papers allege a fixed per‑square‑metre bribe was collected as speed money for NA/CLU approvals through intermediaries whose details were recorded.
- The Gujarat government transferred Patel and placed his services at the GAD, assigning District Development Officer KS Yagnik additional charge of collector.
- ED sources said investigators seized around 100 government files from the Surendranagar collector’s bungalow as part of the ongoing money‑laundering probe.