Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Gujarat ACB Traps Private Agent Over Timber Transit Bribe
The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau investigated reports of illegal payments at a forest check post.
Drivers carrying timber allegedly had to pay money for routine paperwork.
This paperwork included stamping a transit pass and recording vehicle details.
The ACB arranged a secret operation with help from a citizen.
On August 24, a private individual allegedly asked for and accepted Rs 100.
The agency said he was acting on instructions from a forest guard.
The ACB recovered the money and named both men as accused.
One report says both men were caught or arrested, while another specifically describes the private individual being trapped.
The allegations are still subject to legal proceedings and investigation.
The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau conducted a decoy operation at the Surajbari Forest Check Post in Kutch.
Private individual Jamnasa Osaman Saiyed allegedly accepted a Rs 100 bribe from an undercover decoy.
The payment was allegedly demanded to stamp a timber vehicle’s transit pass and enter details in a register.
The ACB alleged Saiyed was acting on instructions from forest guard Harshbhai Hemrajbhai Chaudhary.
The agency said illegal payments at the check post allegedly ranged from Rs 100 to Rs 1,000 and that the Rs 100 was recovered.
- Who
- The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau named private individual Jamnasa Osaman Saiyed and forest guard Harshbhai Hemrajbhai Chaudhary as accused.
- What
- The ACB alleged that Saiyed accepted a Rs 100 bribe connected to timber transit-pass formalities.
- When
- The decoy operation took place on August 24; the reports describe the ACB action as occurring on Tuesday.
- Where
- The alleged offence occurred at the Surajbari Forest Check Post office in Bhachau taluka, Kutch district, Gujarat.
- Why
- The alleged payment was sought to stamp a timber vehicle’s transit pass and record its details in a register.
- Investigating agency
- Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Alleged bribe
- Rs 100
- Alleged wider payment range
- Rs 100 to Rs 1,000
- Location
- Surajbari Forest Check Post, Bhachau taluka, Kutch district
- Private accused
- Jamnasa Osaman Saiyed; also spelled Jamansa Osaman Sayyad
- Forest guard named
- Harshbhai Hemrajbhai Chaudhary; also spelled Hareshbhai Hemrajbhai Chaudhari
- Recovery
- The ACB said the full Rs 100 was recovered
