Intermediary held in reference to bribery case involving ED official: CBI

The officer managed to offer a slip to the Central Bureau of Investigation throughout a entice operation on Sunday and is but to affix the investigation, whereas his brother has been arrested by the federal company, the officers added.

The CBI arrested “intermediary” Neeraj on Saturday and produced him earlier than a particular court docket that despatched him to the company’s custody for a day, they stated.

The assistant director of the Enforcement Directorate posted at Shimla and his brother, a senior supervisor within the Punjab Nationwide Financial institution in Delhi, had allegedly gone to a location close to Chandigarh to obtain bribe cash from a businessman, who’s dealing with a case lodged beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act , the officers stated.

The businessman filed a criticism with the CBI about alleged extortion, based mostly on which the Chandigarh unit of the company deliberate the entice operation the place the complainant was requested to offer a bribe of ₹55 lakh in money to the officer, with CBI sleuths preserving a watch, the officers stated.

The plan was that the CBI would nab the accused after the bribe was acquired by him, they stated.

The ED officer, who’s on deputation from the Central Board of Oblique Taxes and Customs , acquired alerted through the operation and allegedly fled, the officers stated.

The company has been attempting to find him for six days. It has even launched technical surveillance to pin-point his location however to no avail.

To this point, money amounting to round ₹1 crore, together with the bribe cash, has been recovered throughout searches, the officers stated.

The CBI has arrested the officer’s brother, Vikas Deep, in reference to the case and produced him earlier than a court docket, they added.

The company is questioning him concerning his alleged involvement within the case.

Sources within the ED stated the accused assistant director of its Shimla sub-zonal workplace and his supervisory officers a deputy director and the joint director have been transferred to Delhi following the case.

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