Four people were detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday in connection with a case of bribery of Rs 3 lakhs, three of them were Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MOCA) personnel. The investigative team found cash in the accused’s hands valued Rs 60 lakhs.
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Two employees who were serving as the Joint Director and Senior Technical Assistant at the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MOCA) office in New Delhi are among those who have been detained. Along with an employee of the private company Alok Industries, which has its headquarters in Mumbai, another joint director from MOCA who is currently serving as the official liquidator at Corporate Bhawan in Chennai was also detained.
According to the charges, the accused public employees participated in corrupt and unlawful acts and accepted bribes from a private person in exchange for favorable treatment. The bribes involved documents from a private corporation that were part of investigations into illegal and unethical business activities being conducted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
The CBI set up a trap and captured the Joint Director while accepting a bribe of Rs. 3 lakh, all in response to a complaint made on July 28 against the accused officers. The other accused were afterwards apprehended as well.
Joint Director Manjit Singh and Senior Technical Assistant Ruhi Arora, who were employed by the Director General at the MOCA office in Delhi, are among the people who have been detained. Puneet Duggal, a joint director of MOCA who works in Chennai, and Reshabh Raizada, a worker for M/s Alok Industries in Mumbai, are also included in the list of people detained.
After the arrests, CBI agents began conducting searches at several places in Delhi, Gurugram, and Chennai. As a result, they were able to find numerous damning documents and digital evidence, as well as about Rs. 59.80 lakh in cash.
