Constable, lawyer held in bribery case
The CBI has arrested a constable posted at its Bank Security and Fraud Branch (BS&FB) here and a lawyer in an alleged `6 lakh bribery case in a counter-graft operation conducted by the agency, officials said Monday.
The CBI action came after it received inputs that Jay Kumar Singh, Constable (GD), posted at BS&FB, in connivance with a middleman had demanded illegal gratification of ` 20 lakh from Kolkata-based businessmen Ram Chandra Daga and his son Basant Daga by implicating them in a case, the officials said.
The central agency launched a surveillance operation on the constable's illicit activities as part of its “zero tolerance” policy towards corruption and its counter-graft mechanism within the organisation, they said.
It registered an FIR against six individuals including its constable, the businessmen, middleman and others under provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act and BNS.
According to the CBI FIR, Singh allegedly visited Kolkata on September 21 on “an official visit” and met Ram Chandra Daga, claiming to have information about alleged illegal activities carried out by the latter and others.
It is also alleged that he met Daga's lawyer during the visit to discuss the issue, after which the lawyer recently travelled to the national capital “to amicably settle the matter”.
The agency alleged that the West Bengal-based middleman had full knowledge of the said matter and was also expecting a share.
In a meeting at a mall in southwest Delhi last week, the constable negotiated the bribe amount down to `6 lakh, the officials said.
The CBI, which was tracking the movement after getting information about the possible bribe exchange, dispatched its Anti-Corruption Unit team on Sunday, which swooped down at the location, arresting the constable and the businessman's lawyer.
