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• Two ONGC officials were trapped by a team of state Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials on Thursday evening. The duo had demanded Rs 5 lakh for not creating borewells for oil in a man's farm in Gandhinagar.According to ACB officials, they received a complaint from Ramesh Patel, a resident of Shankar Society in Naranpura, who claimed that the two ONGC officials demanded the money from him earlier this month."Patel owns a farm land near Moti Adraj village in Gandhinagar district. The property's caretaker informed him a week ago that two officials wanted to talk to him about the matter. One of the officials called him up and met him at Bhat where Patel's construction site is located. The duo introduced themselves as A K Singh and R S Patel, officials from ONGC," said an ACB official. tnn

• The duo told Patel that his farm is on a major pipeline and they would have to bore it to install pumps. He would not receive any compensation for it and would lose the land instead. They demanded Rs 16 lakh for not going ahead with creating two bore wells. After bargaining, the duo decided on Rs 5 lakh and Patel paid them Rs 1 lakh on the spot."Singh called Patel on Wednesday and demanded the remaining Rs 4 lakh. Patel then informed ACB about the deal. A team led by inspectors K T Kamariya and R S Sharma kept a watch on exchange of money. When the duo accepted the package of marked currency notes, they were caught red-handed by the team. The duo was arrested by ACB Gandhinagar for demanding and accepting bribe," said a senior ACB official.

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