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New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two officials of the India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) in Delhi for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 from a complainant. This information was given in an official statement on Friday.
The arrested officials have been identified as Senior Manager, Engineering and Management Dinesh Mahajan and Assistant Manager, Engineering and Management Satish Kumar.
According to the agency, the CBI had registered a case against the assistant manager on November 12 following a complaint that he had demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to clear pending payment bills. After negotiations, the accused assistant manager reportedly agreed to accept a lesser amount of Rs 40,000.
Acting on the information, the CBI laid a trap on 12 November. The agency said both the senior manager and the assistant manager were caught red-handed while demanding and accepting illegal bribes from the complainant.
The arrests come amid a series of anti-corruption actions taken by the CBI in recent days.
Earlier, on Thursday, the CBI had arrested a postal inspector and an assistant red-handed while taking bribe from the main post office located in Seraikela district headquarters of Jharkhand.
The agency recovered cash and several incriminating documents during the operation.
On Thursday, the agency also caught a junior engineer of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Najafgarh zone, who was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a complainant.
Earlier, on November 11, the CBI had arrested Nitish Rai, a bank manager of Axis Bank in Mumbai, for his alleged involvement in facilitating opening of origin accounts used for illegal financial activities.
The agency said that further investigation is going on in all these cases.
–IANS
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