AHMEDABAD: Have you ever heard of a Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) aspirant taking a meeting on behalf of an IAS officer? This allegedly happened in Surendranagar district collectorate where a man, who originally hails from Morbi, chaired a meeting on a land ceiling dispute on behalf of the then collector, Kankipati Rajesh.
Known as HP, the man who introduces himself as the nephew of an influential BJP leader from the Kadva Patidar community, is now under CBI radar for his unscrupulous financial transactions with the 2011-batch IAS officer, said an officer with the central investigative agency. The CBI officer told TOI, "During preliminary questioning, HP was called for questioning regarding five transactions of Rs 5 lakh each that he had allegedly paid into Rajesh's account."
