With this, the number of arrests has gone up to four in the case. The police had earlier arrested Pandit’s businessman Pankil Mohta, Zala’s nephew Kripalsinh Vaghela, and Shailendrasinh Sodha alias Bhanubha, who is also the nephew of a late IPS officer who had served as inspector general of the Border range.
The 4 officers allegedly intercepted a truck loaded with arecanuts in Mundra town on April 13 and extorted Rs 3.75 crore from Mumbai-based businessman.
Rajkot: Former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma has been sentenced to one month of imprisonment and fined Rs 200 by additional chief judicial magistrate of .
This is the first case in which Sharma has been convicted even as he faces trial in seven other cases, including in connection to allotting land to Welspun India Limited (WIL) and Jindal Saw Limited (JSL) at lower rates.
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