Archive · 7 Jan 2026
IAS Officer Rajendra Patel Sent to Judicial Custody
A government officer named Rajendrakumar Mahendra Patel was arrested on January 2 for a bribery case.
He was kept in the custody of a special investigation team for five days.
After that, he was taken to a court in Ahmedabad on January 7.
The court decided to keep him in regular jail, called judicial custody, at Sabarmati Central Jail.
He is currently suspended from his job as a collector in Surendranagar.
Rajendrakumar Mahendra Patel, a 2015-batch IAS officer, was arrested on January 2 in connection with a bribery case.
He was initially remanded to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody for five days.
On January 7, after the remand period ended, he was presented before the Special PMLA court in Ahmedabad.
The court ordered his transfer to judicial custody at Sabarmati Central Jail.
Patel, who was the former Surendranagar Collector, is currently under suspension.
- Who
- Rajendrakumar Mahendra Patel, a 2015-batch IAS officer and former Surendranagar Collector
- What
- Sent to judicial custody in the Surendranagar bribery case
- When
- January 7, after a five-day remand with the Enforcement Directorate (ED)
- Where
- Ahmedabad, presented before the Special PMLA court
- Why
- Following his arrest on January 2 and subsequent remand, he was transferred to judicial custody at Sabarmati Central Jail
- Name
- Rajendrakumar Mahendra Patel
- Batch
- 2015
- Position
- Former Surendranagar Collector
- Current Status
- Under suspension
- Arrest Date
- January 2
- Custody Transfer Date
- January 7
- Custody Type
- Judicial custody
- Jail Location
- Sabarmati Central Jail