New Delhi: In a major embarrassment to the Department of Post (DoP) in particular and Ministry of Communications in general, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior level postal department employee and a Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) on the charges of demanding and accepting a bribe. Both the employees of DoP were held on the charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a complainant.
According to CBI officials, a case was registered on a complaint against the assistant superintendent of post office (ASPO), Doranda post office, Ranchi and a GDS, Gandhigram in Godda district for demanding illegal gratification of Rs 25,000 as part payment out of the total bribe of Rs 6 lakh in lieu of recruitment for the post of GDS. "In the complaint, it was further alleged that the ASPO had demanded a bribe of Rs 6 lakh from the complainant for his recruitment and further insisted for immediate payment of Rs 25,000 as part payment. The ASPO had also directed the complainant to handover the said payment to the GDS who was acting as a middleman in the deal," the CBI official said.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from the complainant. Searches were also conducted at the premises of the accused which led to the recovery of incriminating documents.
Both the arrested accused were produced before the designated court, at Ranchi and remanded to judicial custody, the CBI official said.
In another case, CBI has arrested a billing clerk, accounts department of South Central Railway, Guntakal for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a complainant.
A case was registered under section 7 of PC Act, 1988 against the accused on a complaint alleging the demand of bribe for Rs 15,000 towards clearance of contract work bills for the period May and June 2017 and also for clearing pending bills for the period from July 2017 to September 2017 to the tune of Rs 30 lakh. The accused was produced before the competent court and remanded to 14 days judicial custody.