The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently arrested four accused including the Senior Auditor of the Accounts Office and Data Entry Operator, CDA(Navy) and two private persons including a contractor accepting a bribe of Rs.26,000 at Vishakhapatnam.
The Contractor as well as the representative of the contractor were also arrested.
A case was registered against the accused on the allegations of bribery of Rs 26, 000. The allegation against the accused was that the Senior Auditor had asked the Contractor to pay Rs 26,000 for clearing his pending bills which was amounting to Rs 26 Lakhs. It was further alleged that the said contractor sent an amount of Rs 26,000 through his representative for the accused.
The CBI successfully caught both the Senior Auditor and the Data Entry Operator red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs 26,000. The representative of the contractor who paid the bribe was also apprehended. Searches were also conducted at the premises of the office of the accused which led to the recovery of certain incriminating documents.
All four of the arrested accused were produced before the court of principal special judge for CBI cases, Vishakhapatnam and remanded to 14-day judicial custody.
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