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New Delhi/Shillong, October 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three postal department officials, including an assistant branch post master, in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district in a bribery case. Agency sources gave this information on Tuesday.
Central probe agency sources said the CBI has arrested three officials of the postal department – Adarsh Kumar, assistant branch post master, N. Hemantha Meetai, sub-divisional inspector and Arjun Reang, postman, Rongjeng sub-post office at Williamnagar in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district.
The Central Investigation Agency officials also recovered Rs 2.30 lakh in cash from the residence of the accused persons.
The CBI had registered an instant case against three accused on October 4 based on a complaint received from Gram Dak Sevak, Block Post Master, Rongjeng sub-office of East Garo Hills district, that the accused had demanded undue favors/bribe (two months’ salary of the complainant) from the complainant for releasing his salary withheld by the postal department for the last 10 months.
After negotiation, the accused agreed to take a bribe of Rs 30,000 and directed the complainant to pay the demanded bribe amount after disbursement of his salary. CBI laid a trap and caught the accused Assistant Branch Post Master (Adarsh Kumar), Williamnagar red-handed while accepting the demanded bribe amount of Rs 30,000 from the complainant and arrested him.
Later, co-accused sub-division inspector and postman were also arrested from Ambassa in Shillong (Meghalaya) and Dhalai district (Tripura) respectively on Tuesday (October 7).
The CBI conducted searches at the office and residential premises of the accused at Williamnagar (East Garo Hills district) and suburban village of Dhalai district in Tripura, which led to the recovery of incriminating documents and also seized Rs 2.30 lakh in cash from the residence of the accused postman located at the suburban village of Dhalai, district headquarters, Ambassa.
The arrested accused will be presented before the competent court. Investigation is ongoing.
–IANS
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