India, March 13 -- A special PMLA court here on Thursday rejected the regular bail plea of IAS officer and former Surendranagar collector Rajendrakumar Patel was arrested in January by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a bribery-linked money laundering case.

The court of special PMLA judge KM Sojitra said it was not inclined to allow the application for regular bail moved by Patel, a 2015-batch Indian Administrative Service officer.

Having considered the nature of evidence as revealing from the complaint and case papers, it "cannot form a prima facie opinion that the applicant is not guilty of having committed/indulged in the offence of money laundering", the court said.

The ED investigated alleged money laundering involving Patel, d...