The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said it has arrested a Senior Manager, Delhi State lndustrial and lnfrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DSllDC), Delhi and a private person for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.7 lakh from the complainant.
A case was registered on a complaint against the accused SK Singh, Senior Manager, DSllDC. Besides Singh, the CBI also arrested one Subhash, a private person, the CBI said in a statement.
It was alleged that the complainant was running a business for manufacturing cream separator machines from a Shed in Mangolpuri, Delhi which was allotted to him by DSllDC. It was further alleged that the public servant demanded a bribe from the complainant for not sealing his shed on account of alleged encroachment and directed the complainant to deliver the bribe money to a private person in Karol Bagh here, it said.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,70,000 from the complainant.
“Searches are being conducted today at the premises of the accused in Delhi. Both the arrested accused will be produced tomorrow before the Competent Court at Delhi,” it added.