Gujarat Chief Minister’s assistant sacked over bribery charges

Bhupendra Patel's personal assistant, Dhrumil Patel, was removed from his post after various allegations of corruption against him.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel's personal assistant Dhrumil Patel was sacked following the allegations of bribery charges against him on Saturday.

Various allegations had been received by both the Chief Minister’s office and the Prime Minister's Office against Dhrumil Patel.

Instructions to investigate the allegations against Dhrumil Patel had come straight from the PMO office around a month back.

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The Intelligence Bureau (IB) had taken up the charge of the investigation and had found the allegations against the Gujarat CM’s assistant to be true.

“The news came as a shocker, as CM Bhupendra Patel has a very clean image and is known as a down-to-earth person,” said a senior bureaucrat from the CM office.

Dhrumil Patel has been associated with Bhupendra Patel since the time he became the chief minister of the state. He had also previously worked with the Gujarat CM when he was the Ghatlodia MLA.