Ahmedabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested the joint director of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Rajendrakumar Mahadevia, while accepting Rs 25,000 as a bribe. The ACB officials subsequently registered a case against him.
The operation took place at the FSSAI office near Municipal Market. According to ACB officials, a consultant submitted an online application for a food safety licence on behalf of a client in Jan. Mahadevia raised several queries regarding the application.
ACB sleuths said that during a face-to-face meeting, the accused demanded Rs 25,000 to approve the licence without additional queries. The consultant, refusing to comply with the demand, approached the Ahmedabad ACB and lodged a complaint. Following this, a sting operation was organised on Wednesday, resulting in Mahadevia’s arrest while accepting the money.
The ACB operation was led by police inspector DB Goswami from the ACB police station, with support from police inspector RI Parmar.