Manpal Singh, Dehradun Cantonment Board accountant, who was caught red-handed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000 from the son of a retired sanitation worker of the Cantonment Board on Monday was sent to district jail on Tuesday.
He was remanded to 14-day judicial custody. Manpal Singh had demanded Rs 20,000 from Ramesh Shankar, a sanitation worker of the cantonment board who had retired in June this year, for getting his pension funds released. Sources said that Singh who was recruited as a peon in the Cantonment Board in 1993 became an accountant later. He used to take bribes from the retired employees of board for getting their pension funds released, sources added.
Ramesh Shankar had also approached Singh for getting his pension funds released. Singh had asked him to cough up Rs 20, 000 for completing the work. Shankar’s son Sachin had given him Rs 5, 000 on Sunday as the first instalment. He had promised to pay Rs 5,000 at Singh’s office on Monday and the rest, later on.
Shankar in his complaint to the CBI, said Manpal Singh had been demanding Rs 20,000 from him for getting his pension funds released. After verifying his compliant, officials of the CBI laid a trap and caught him while he was taking the bribe of Rs 5,000 from his son on Monday. later, CBI questioned Manpal inside his office and arrested him under the anti-corruption law. Singh was produced before CBI court on Tuesday and was sent to district jail.