ACB sleuths arrest forest guards caught red-handed while accepting bribe at Udaipur’s Katarwas forest check post

Acting swiftly under the directives of the ACB Headquarters, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Dungarpur Unit, successfully carried out a major trap operation on Monday. Two officials of the Forest Department, Mahesh Kumar Meenaand Vijesh Ahari, both serving as Forest Guards at the Katarwas Check Post under the Khairwada Forest Range in District Udaipur, were arrested while accepting a bribe of Rs 80,000 from a complainant.

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Director General of Police, ACB, Govind Gupta, stated on Monday that the bureau received a complaint alleging that the complainant and his business partner deal in transporting wood. On 29 November, 2025, the complainant loaded eucalyptus and silk cotton timber in Truck No. GJ 09 AU 1283 from Phalasia. A second vehicle, RJ 27 GB 4806, also carried eucalyptus wood from Jhadol. Both vehicles had valid documentation and were en route toa destination in Khairwada.