The CBI on Monday arrested an Assistant Sanitary Inspector and a temporary staff of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in a bribery case and recovered `38 lakh cash from another Sanitary Inspector during searches.
A case was registered against an Assistant Sanitary Inspector, MCD, Kishanganj, City SP Zone, New Delhi, Om Pal and was arrested in the case.
The complainant working as temporary staff of MCD since 1998 has alleged that the MCD officials used to take the ATM cards of temporary staff and pay only part of their salary to them, officials said.
It was further alleged that the complainant’s ATM card was with him and he did not want to give it to MCD officials. The complainant has also alleged that he was, therefore, neither deployed for duty for the last six months nor paid any salary, the agency said.
The Assistant Sanitary Inspector was allegedly demanding a bribe of `8,000 from deploying him on duty. Accordingly, the first instalment of a bribe of `4,000 was allegedly negotiated, it said.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the Assistant Sanitary Inspector and a temporary staff of MCD, Delhi while demanding and accepting the said bribe amount from the complainant. During the search at the office of the accused, several incriminating documents including blank signed cheques and ATM cards were recovered.