New Delhi, March 20, 2017: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Technical Assistant (Quality Control), Food Corporation of India (FCI), Malerkotla, District Sangrur (Punjab) and a Contractual Employee while demanding & accepting bribe of Rs.One lakh from the complainant.
A case was registered on a complaint alleging that the Technical Assistant (Quality Control), Food Corporation of India, Malerkotla, District Sangrur was demanding a bribe of Rs.One lakh for passing complainant's trucks of rice. CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while demanding & accepting bribe of Rs.One Lakh from the complainant (A Rice Miller). Searches were conducted in the office & residential premises of both accused which led to recovery of incriminating documents.
Both the accused were produced before the Special Judge, Patiala (Punjab) and remanded to Police Custody upto 21.03.2017