The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on December 23 filed an FIR against Surendranagar ex-collector Rajendrakumar Patel and three others following a complaint by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Patel, a 2015-batch IAS officer, was recently transferred without posting after the ED arrested deputy mamlatdar Chandrasinh Mori for money laundering linked to bribery. ACB Joint Director Makrand Chauhan said the FIR names Patel, his personal assistant Jayrajsinh Jhala, clerk Mayursinh Gohil, and deputy mamlatdar Mori under the Prevention of Corruption Act. No arrests have been made yet. On the same day, the ED conducted searches and arrested Mori after ₹67.5 lakh was recovered from his home. Mori was produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court and sent to ED custody till January 1. The ED stated that Mori admitted the cash was bribe money collected directly and through intermediaries from applicants seeking faster or favorable processing of land-use applications. The agency's ongoing probe concerns money laundering involving Mori and others. The FIR by Gujarat ACB revealed "large-scale corruption and proceeds of crime through systematic extortion and illegal gratification by public servants in the Surendranagar collector's office," according to the remand application. Mori, as deputy mamlatdar, handled title verification and processing of change of land use (CLU) applications under the Saurashtra Gharkhed Tenancy Settlement and Agricultural Lands Ordinance, 1949. He allegedly abused his position to collect bribes on a square metre basis for speedy approvals. The case continues to unfold with further investigations by the ED and ACB.