# Gujarat forest guard, agent trapped for Rs 100 bribe at checkpost 2026-08-26T05:31:51+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has trapped a forest guard and a private agent for demanding and accepting a Rs 100 bribe at the Surajbari checkpost in Bhachau. During the trap, agent Jamansa Osaman Sayyad took the money from a decoy on the direct instructions of forest guard Hareshbhai Hemrajbhai Chaudhari, who was posted in the Bhachau normal range. The ACB laid the trap after receiving a complaint. Both accused were caught red-handed and will be produced in court. The guard's role in directing the agent to collect the bribe is the focus of the investigation. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The case is the latest in a string of small-value bribe traps that the Gujarat ACB runs along the state's highway checkposts. Surajbari, on the Bhachau-Maliya highway, is one of several points where forest and police personnel routinely stop cargo vehicles. Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, makes demanding or accepting a bribe a non-bailable offence punishable by a minimum three-year sentence. The ACB will now file a chargesheet within the statutory 60-day limit. If convicted, the guard faces automatic suspension under Gujarat's service rules. The trap's low amount often signals a more serious underlying demand that the decoy refused. ## Coverage - ndtv.com Leads with the bribe amount and names both accused, neutral-report throughout. This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Gujarat ACB, Prevention of Corruption Act, Surajbari Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/gujarat-forest-guard-agent-trapped-for-rs-100-bribe-at-checkpost/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/gujarat-forest-guard-agent-trapped-for-rs-100-bribe-at-checkpost/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/