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New Delhi/Imphal, Nov 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a senior accountant of the Principal Accountant General (A&E) office in Imphal while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant. The central agency gave this information.
Sources in the central probe agency said the CBI has registered the case based on a complaint that accused Irom Bishorejit Singh, Senior Accountant, GoE Section, had demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant in exchange for clearing the MACP (Modified Assured Career Progression) file.
The CBI laid a trap on Tuesday and caught the accused officer red-handed while accepting Rs 10,000 from the complainant instead of demanding a bribe of Rs 20,000.
The investigation is ongoing and searches are being conducted at the premises of accused Irom Bishorejit Singh.
Meanwhile, the CBI had conducted searches at the office and residential premises of the Executive Director and Regional Officer, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), Regional Office, Guwahati and later arrested him while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a private person last month.
After searches in Guwahati, Ghaziabad and Imphal, the CBI has recovered substantial cash and documents related to investments in his name and his family members, including cash worth Rs 2.62 crore.
Possession of six luxury vehicles and documents related to investments, two luxury watches worth a few lakhs and 100 grams of silver rod were also recovered.
The CBI had said that most of the properties purchased in the name of the accused public servant and his family members appear to be undervalued, which are now being verified.
The CBI had registered a case against the accused and two representatives of a private company based on source information.
The agency laid a trap on October 14 and caught the accused executive director and a private individual while the public servant was accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from the private individual for issuing favorable extension of time (EOT) and completion certificate of the work done by the private company related to the contract for 4-laning of National Highway-37 between Demo to Moran Bypass besides other contracts in Assam.
Both the accused were produced in the court of special CBI judge in Guwahati and sent to police custody.
–IANS
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