CBI raids own official in Uttar Pradesh for taking bribe from bank fraud accused
CBI raids own official in Uttar Pradesh for taking bribe from bank fraud accused
The CBI has conducted searches at premises linked to one of its official who has been accused of taking bribe from a bank fraud accused, sources said.
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UPDATED: January 20, 2021 16:29 IST
The CBI has conducted searches at multiple places including its own headquarters since Thursday. (Photo for representation: PTI)
A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted searches at premises linked to its official, DSP RK Rishi, who was allegedly involved in taking bribe from a bank fraud accused.
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CBI arrests its own DSP, Inspector in bribe-for-relief scandal
The Central Burea of Investigation (CBI) has arrested its own DSP RK Rishi, Inspector Kapil Dhankad, and advocate Manohar Malik in connection with its probe into the bribe-for-relief scandal in the agency.Â
The probe agency also raised DSP RK Rishi s residence at Deoband and his wife s house at Roorkee. All three accused were presented before a special CBI court and sent to 5-day custody.Â
Last week, the CBI had conducted searches at 14 locations including Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurugram, Meerut and Kanpur at the premises of the accused. It had registered a case against four officials including the DSP and Inspector.Â
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The CBI has arrested one of its deputy superintendents of police R K Rishi and Inspector Kapil Dhankad along with an advocate in connection with an alleged bribery ring run by them within the agency to help companies accused of siphoning off bank loan funds worth Rs 4,300 crore, officials said Wednesday. The agency also conducted searches at Rishi s house in Saharanpur district of UttarPradesh and that of his wife in Roorkee, they said. Rishi, Dhankad and advocate Manohar Malik were booked by the CBI along with others for allegedly compromising the integrity of investigation of certain cases on extraneous pecuniary considerations .