CBI Arrests 3 Company Affairs Ministry Officials In Bribery Case

CBI booked them for allegedly indulging in corrupt and unlawful actions. (Representational)

New Delhi:

The CBI has arrested 4 other people, together with two joint director-ranked officials posted within the Ministry of Company Affairs and an affiliate of Alok Industries, in reference to alleged bribery of Rs 3 lakh, officers stated on Saturday.

The ones arrested have been Joint Administrators Manjit Singh and Puneet Duggal, Senior Technical Assistant Ruhi Arora, all officers of the Ministry of Company Affairs, Reshabh Raizada, an affiliate of Alok Industries, which used to be obtained by means of Reliance Industries Ltd in 2019, the officers stated.

“Searches have been carried out in Delhi, Gurugram and Chennai within the premises of the accused which ended in the restoration of money of Rs 59.80 lakh (roughly), a number of incriminating paperwork and virtual evidences,” the CBI stated in a observation.

Singh and Arora are posted within the administrative center of the Director Normal of Company Affairs, whilst Duggal is posted as professional liquidator in Chennai.

The company initiated the operation once you have knowledge that Raizada, an affiliate of Alok Industries, is in common touch with Duggal and pursuing for beneficial agreement of a question of his corporate pending with the Ministry of Company Affairs in lieu of undue benefit.

Raizada allegedly persuaded Duggal to conclude the topic favourably and dispatch it for additional clearance to the Director Normal’s administrative center.

“Knowledge additional published that Puneet Duggal confident him that he’s going to conclude the topic on the earliest. Knowledge additional published that Reshabh Raizada delivered the bribe quantity to Puneet Duggal, Joint Director, at Ahmedabad previous,” the CBI FIR alleged.

The topic then got here into account of the administrative center of Director Normal, Ministry of Company Affairs, the place the document used to be marked to Singh for exam, it alleged.

Arora additionally began monitoring the document and began giving updates to Raizada via Duggal,  it alleged.

At the directions of Duggal, Arora persuaded Singh to assist Raizada within the topic and confident the supply of bribe for this type of favour, the CBI stated.

Duggal instructed Arora on Thursday that the promised bribe of Rs 4 lakh has been delivered at his Dwarka place of abode by means of Raizada. Arora communicated it to Singh.

Arora instructed Singh that she would acquire the volume and ship it to him on Friday, the company alleged.  The company had booked them on Friday for allegedly indulging in corrupt and unlawful actions and, in pursuance of a conspiracy, taking bribe from the personal individual for appearing favour within the recordsdata of Alok Industries bearing on the investigation being made by means of the ministry for adopting unlawful and unethical industry actions.  Within the following trap-and-search operation, the CBI arrested the entire accused.

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