Two Home Guard personnel were arrested after allegedly accepting ₹2,000 in bribes to secure a traffic-point posting in Ahmedabad, while a division commander and another Home Guard personnel named in the case remained absconding, according to a report on an Anti-Corruption Bureau operation.
The alleged payment was demanded from a Home Guard personnel who wanted to continue duty at a traffic point under the H Division Traffic Police Station. The report said the accused had allegedly sought ₹1,000 every month, describing it as a regular payment for the posting. The Home Guard allegedly refused to pay and was moved from traffic duty to night duty within the division.
The alleged demand was later raised to ₹2,000 for two months. The complainant then approached the ACB, following which officials arranged a trap near the gate of Indulal Yagnik Hall at Bhidbhanjan crossroads in Bapunagar, the report said.
The ACB allegedly caught Home Guard personnel Harshmay Suryavanshi accepting ₹2,000. Tushar Hasmukh Leuva, who was allegedly directed to receive the money, was also arrested. The report identified Home Guard Division Commander Vijay Jadav and Home Guard personnel Pankaj Parmar as accused who had fled from the scene and were being searched for by the agency.
According to the report, the alleged demand was linked specifically to appointments at traffic points where Home Guard personnel assist with traffic regulation at city junctions. The complaint stated that the personnel was warned that refusing to pay could result in removal from traffic duty and assignment to night duty.
The report said Jadav removed the complainant from traffic duty on July 20 and reassigned him to night duty. It further alleged that Jadav, Parmar and Suryavanshi subsequently communicated that the complainant would have to pay ₹1,000 every month to return to traffic duty. The ₹2,000 allegedly sought in the trap represented the amounts for September and October.
Home Guards are deployed on an honorary-pay basis to support police and traffic-management operations. The allegations therefore place the focus not only on the individuals named in the case but also on how duty postings are administered within an auxiliary public-safety force. The supplied report did not provide details of the exact legal provisions invoked, the department’s disciplinary response or the next court proceedings. The ACB search for the two absconding accused was continuing, according to the report.
