The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has raided its own headquarters at the CGO complex here after booking four officials for allegedly taking bribes from a company being probed by the agency. It also launched search operations at 14 locations on premises associated with these officials, and some middlemen and chartered accountants, across the country.
CBI spokesperson R C Joshi said, “The CBI has registered a case against its four officials, including a DSP, inspector, steno and private persons/others, including advocates etc… on the allegations of compromising the investigation of certain cases on extraneous pecuniary considerations.”
The officials were identified by sources as DySPs R K Rishi and R K Sangwan; stenographer Sameer Kumar Singh; and Inspector Kapil Dhankad.
Searches were carried out at premises in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon, Meerut and Kanpur. Late on Thursday night, a team also searched offices associated with the four officials at the CBI headquarters at the CGO complex.
Sources said of the two DySPs named, one has worked in the Banking and Securities Fraud Cell of the agency for long. The suspected officials allegedly took bribes in connection with a bank fraud case, estimated to be worth over Rs 3,500 crore, involving a company based in Mumbai. The officials are accused of extending favours and sharing case information with the company in exchange for bribes paid every month.
Sources said the officials were in touch with the promoters of the company and multiple middlemen who negotiated on their behalf. The inquiry was started based on information from a source, following which a CBI special unit put the phones of the suspected officials under surveillance and the allegations against them were found to be prima face true.
