IAS officer Nitin Sangwan (IAS:2016:GJ) was allegedly held hostage and thrashed by a group of men associated with fishing activity during his visit to a village near the Dharoi dam in Sabarkantha district. This incident is suspected to have occurred after alleged irregularities in a fisheries project were discovered.
Director of Fisheries Sangwan was accompanied by his subordinates during the visit to the village on Monday (March 6), and suffered injuries in the attack. Meanwhile, police said Sangwan was out of danger now.
Police have already arrested three persons for their alleged involvement in the attack and efforts were on to identify and nab the other accused.
IAS officer Sangwan and his team went to Ambavada village near the Dharoi dam on the Sabarmati river to inspect a fisheries project where local contractors receive subsidies to start cage culture fishing in the dam’s water.
As per the FIR, it is alleged that one of the fishing contractors and a key accused in the case, started arguing with Sangwan upon getting a hint that the bureaucrat had caught his wrongdoings and may take legal action against him. As a result, the accused called his group of men together and thrashed them.
