Fire official held for taking bribe
7 Feb 2013 1:15 AM GMT
A Delhi Fire Service official has been arrested by CBI for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh from a complainant for issuing a no objection certificate for a building.
A case was registered against Rajan Wadhera, Assistant Development Officer, Delhi Fire Service, Ashram Chowk here on the complaint alleging that he demanded Rs five lakh for ‘over-looking’ the fire fighting licence for a building situated at Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar, a CBI press release issued today said.
‘Later on, he negotiated the bribe amount and agreed for accepting bribe of Rs four Lakh to provide no objection certificate for the building. CBI laid a trap and the accused was caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs one lakh as part payment of the agreed bribe amount of Rs four lakh,’ it said.
Searches were also conducted at the residence and office of the accused.
A case was registered against Rajan Wadhera, Assistant Development Officer, Delhi Fire Service, Ashram Chowk here on the complaint alleging that he demanded Rs five lakh for ‘over-looking’ the fire fighting licence for a building situated at Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar, a CBI press release issued today said.
‘Later on, he negotiated the bribe amount and agreed for accepting bribe of Rs four Lakh to provide no objection certificate for the building. CBI laid a trap and the accused was caught red handed while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs one lakh as part payment of the agreed bribe amount of Rs four lakh,’ it said.
Searches were also conducted at the residence and office of the accused.
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