​​​​​​​Gujarat, Jan 2: The Enforcement Directorate(ED) on Friday arrested an IAS officer in Gujarat in connection with a bribery-linked money laundering case.

The accused IAS Officer has been identified as Rajendrakumar Patel who served as the Collector of Surendranagar district.

The arrest is part of an ongoing probe into a wider bribery scheme where Patel and one Chandrasingh Mori, are accused of money laundering.

Following the disclosure, the Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau also filed an FIR against Patel and others. The investigation highlights severe lapses in governmental processes relating to land use and title verification within the region.

Worth mentioning, Mori was caught earlier for allegedly taking bribes for expediting change of land use applications.