Rs 52L in gold, silver, cash found from locker of intelligence officer held in bribery case | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday recovered gold, silver and cash worth Rs 51.8 lakh from a bank locker linked to a senior intelligence officer arrested recently in a bribery case.The accused, Ketan Dave (40), was posted as a senior intelligence officer with the State Intelligence Bureau at the Sanand centre. He was earlier caught allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 80,000 for facilitating the renewal of police protection. A case was registered against him on March 15 at Gandhinagar under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.As part of the ongoing probe, an ACB team from Mehsana searched a locker held jointly by Dave and his wife at a branch of Central Bank of India in Sector 16 on Tuesday. Officials said the search led to the recovery of 346g of gold jewellery and 2.536kg of silver items, including ornaments, coins and biscuits. Cash was also found in the locker.The total value of the seized items has been estimated at Rs 51.8 lakh, officials said.Earlier, the ACB had laid a trap near Sargasan crossroads in Gandhinagar, where Dave was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting the bribe inside the complainant’s car. The money was reportedly demanded to ensure continuation of police protection provided to the complainant, who was linked to a sensitive case.Officials said further investigation was underway to ascertain whether the recovered assets are disproportionate to his known sources of income and to probe any additional financial irregularities. The ACB is also examining possible links and transactions to determine if more persons were involved.