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CBI arrests a Superintendent of Customs

| | Jun 21, 2014, at 04:24 am
New Delhi, June 20 (IBNS): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday said it has arrested a Superintendent of Customs from Indira Gandhi International Airport here for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 18,000 from a person.

" The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Superintendent of Customs, IGI Airports, New Delhi for demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs.18,000/- from the Complainant," the CBI said in a statement.

"A case was registered against a Superintendent, working as Jewellery Appraiser in the office of Additional Commissioner, Customs, IGI Airport, New Delhi U/s 7 of PC Act on the complaint of demanding a bribe. The Complainant, a Synthetic Diamond Importer from Surat, Gujarat, had alleged that the Superintendent was demanding bribe @ Rs.2 per carat for clearing the consignment of Rough Synthetic Diamonds imported from China. CBI laid a trap and caught red handed the accused when he demanded & accepted a bribe of Rs.18,000/- from the Complainant," it said.

The arrested accused was produced before the Special Judge for CBI Cases at Patiala House Courts here and remanded to Police Custody till June 21.

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