Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma held

Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, who had been at loggerheads with the erstwhile Gujarat government headed by Narendra Modi, was on Tuesday arrested by the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) here in a corruption case. ‘Sharma has been arrested by us on Tuesday morning under the Prevention of Corruption Act. As per the complaint registered by us on Monday, Sharma allegedly received Rs 29 lakhs from private firm Welspun. The amount was first deposited in the account of Sharma’s wife, and then transferred to his account,’ ACB Director (in-charge) Ashish Bhatia said. ‘This is a case of allegedly taking bribe for extending benefits to a company when he was Collector of Kutch,’
Bhatia said.