A top official the country’s censor board has come under the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner for allegedly demanding Rs 70,000 from a certified agent for clearing a regional film as the
agency searched his house on Thursday and arrested an agent and advisory panel member. CBI sources said the agency is carrying out searches at the residence of Rakesh Kumar, CEO of Central Board of Film Certification, along with two other middlemen.
The sources said an authorised agent for censor certification had approached CBI alleging that another agent Shripati Mishra has been demanding Rs 70,000 on behalf of Rakesh Kumar for issuing the censor certificate for regional language film of Chhattisgarh ‘Mor Dauki Ke Bihav’. An Indian Railways Personnel Officer (IRPS) Rakesh Kumar has joined as CEO of CBFC in January this year.
The sources said producers of the film had wanted an urgent certificate as the date of the release of movie was on August 15, 2014.
agency searched his house on Thursday and arrested an agent and advisory panel member. CBI sources said the agency is carrying out searches at the residence of Rakesh Kumar, CEO of Central Board of Film Certification, along with two other middlemen.
The sources said an authorised agent for censor certification had approached CBI alleging that another agent Shripati Mishra has been demanding Rs 70,000 on behalf of Rakesh Kumar for issuing the censor certificate for regional language film of Chhattisgarh ‘Mor Dauki Ke Bihav’. An Indian Railways Personnel Officer (IRPS) Rakesh Kumar has joined as CEO of CBFC in January this year.
The sources said producers of the film had wanted an urgent certificate as the date of the release of movie was on August 15, 2014.