‘Govt official’, aide held for job fraud

New Delhi: The CBI on Thursday arrested two “private persons”, one of whom posed as a government official, for allegedly taking bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a Delhi police inspector seeking favourable posting. 

The agency has named four persons — Rajan Kumar, Arun Tiwari, Delhi police inspector Banay Singh Meena and Kameshwar, a government official reportedly posted with a Central security agency — in its FIR. Sources said that the ministry of home affairs has also been intimated about the development. 

It is alleged that Meena had given Rs 10 lakh to Kumar, who was living in a government accommodation allotted to Kameshwar in R.K. Puram, and Tiwari, seeking favourable posting. Talking to reporters, CBI spokesperson R.K. Gaur said, “Kumar, who posed as a government officer, and Tiwari have been arrested by the CBI.” The agency has recovered Rs 1.6 crore in cash from Kumar during searches. Several rubber stamps and fake letterheads have also been seized, Mr Gaur said. The agency has also recovered Rs 7 lakh of alleged bribe money from Kumar and Rs 3 lakh from Tiwari, he said. 

“During the course of investigation, the CBI had intercepted the accused persons and recovered the alleged gratification amount. Searches were conducted at four locations in Delhi at the premises of accused persons,” sources said. The arrested accused were produced before the designated court on Thursday and remanded to police custody for six days. Further investigation is in progress, sources said, adding that the agency will soon call the other public servant, who is an accused in the case, for questioning. 

If required, the CBI may also seek clarification from other several other police officials in connection with the case, they added. Besides, the agency is also probing as how Kumar, a private person, was staying in a government accommodation, sources said.