Amreli police help ACB dig out criminal’s illegal assets

Rajkot: Notorious criminal from Amreli, Rajendra alias Raju alias Jivabhai Shekhva, was booked by the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in a disproportionate assets case on Wednesday.
According to Amreli superintendent of police (SP) Nirlipt Rai, this is the first case in Gujarat where the police has tipped off ACB about a criminal amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
After getting information that Shekhva had purchased lands and movable properties worth crores of rupees in the names of his relatives, Rai gathered clinching evidence and submitted it to the ACB.
Shekhva, who has several cases including murder against him, is lodged in Gondal sub-jail presently in connection with the murder of Ahmedabad-based businessman Suresh Shah who was gunned down in March 2018 in Vasna area.
Shekhva was suspended as the clerk of mamlatdar office of Liliya taluka of Amreli and he is a resident of Rajkot.
Talking to TOI, Rai said, “After getting evidence, the ACB moved swiftly to gather more details and took prompt action against Shekhva.”
The ACB got the details of Shekhva’s relative’s property documents, bank records and analysed the financial transactions. An expert team of ACB including a chartered accountant also verified the sources of income of his relatives.
The ACB sleuths at the end of investigation found assets which are 74% higher than his official income as a clerk. All these property deals were done between 2005 to 2012. He was suspended in 2012.
“Shekhva was also found involved in various crimes like extortion, land grabbing, firing, contract killing and other offences,” Rai added.
Interestingly, another most-wanted criminal Jusab Allarakha, who was arrested in a daring operation by four women cops of anti-terrorism squad (ATS) in forests of Botad last year, worked for Shekhva.