Bribery: CBI arrest Enforcement Officer
"A case was registered against an Enforcement Officer, EPFO, Golibar Maidan, Pune U/s 7 of PC Act, 1988 on a complaint alleging demand of bribe of Rs. 8,000/- for verification of registration documents of complainant. The complainant requested the accused to reduce the bribe amount to which she agreed and therefore the bribe amount was reduced to Rs. 5,000/-. The accused told the complainant to handover the documents and the bribe money to one Consultant (private person)," the CBI said in a statement.
"CBI laid a trap and the Consultant (private person) was caught while demanding & accepting the bribe amount of Rs. 5,000/- on behalf of the public servant. During further investigation, the Enforcement Officer was also arrested. Searches were conducted at the premises of accused. The file pertaining to complainant and other incriminating documents were recovered," read the statement.
The arrested accused were produced on Tuesday before the Court of Special Judge, Pune and remanded to 3 days police custody.
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