The CBI on Monday arrested a Regional Commissioner of Employees Provident Fund Organisation and six others in Chennai in an alleged bribery case involving a major educational organisation.
Regional Commissioner ES Durga Prasad, two Enforcement officers Elumalai and Manikandan, alleged conduit Sudalai Muthu, his manager Suryanarayana, alleged bribe giver Sengottian, a friend of Prasad, Raja were arrested in connection with the case in which Saveetha Group of Institutions has also been named, CBI sources said.
The Regional Commissioner had allegedly demanded Rs 25 lakh as illegal gratification for favouring the educational group, running a number of colleges and a university in Tamil Nadu, in a matter of subterfuge of wages worth rupees several crore for the purpose of deduction of provident of its employees.
Early this morning, Prasad had allegedly received the bribe money from Muthu after it was passed on to him by Sengottian. Prasad was taken into custody when he was going somewhere in a Scorpio SUV driven by his friend Raja.
Muthu, through whom the bribe was given to Prasad, had allegedly taken a cut of Rs 50,000 from the first installment of Rs 15 lakh of the promised bribe amount and handed over remaining Rs 14.5 lakh to Prasad.