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EPFO employee among two arrested for taking bribe of ₹7 lakh in Gurugram
An enforcement officer of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation and a middleman were arrested by the anti-corruption bureau in Gurugram while accepting a bribe of INR7 lakh ($9,380). The accused allegedly demanded INR10 lakh from the complainant, a factory owner, in exchange for settling a PF-related violation. The deal was finalised at INR7 lakh and the factory owner filed a complaint against the two. The accused were produced in court and sent into judicial custody.
The anti-corruption bureau here has arrested an employee of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and a middleman allegedly while accepting a bribe of ₹7 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused has been identified as Munish Narang, an enforcement officer of the EPFO, Jitender Kumar, the spokesperson of the Gurugram ACB said.
Narang demanded a bribe of ₹10 lakh from the complainant, Sandeep Kumar, a factory owner, through a middleman Ravi in lieu of settling a PF-related violation, he said.
After negotiation, the deal was finalised at ₹7 lakh and the factory owner filed a complaint against the two, Kumar said.
A team was formed and a raid was conducted and Narang and Ravi were caught red-handed while accepting the bribe amount from the complainant on Monday, he said.
“The ACB team has started further investigation by registering a case against the accused officer and the middle man under the Prevention of Corruption Act at ACB police station in Gurugram.
The accused were produced in a city court on Tuesday and sent into judicial custody,” Kumar said.
In another incident, the ACB arrested a junior engineer of the Sohna municipal corporation on Tuesday while accepting a bribe of ₹1.5 lakh from a contractor. According to the ACB, Om Prakash allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹1.5 lakh from a corporation contractor in lieu of restarting the construction work being done by him.
“We are questioning the accused and he will be produced in a city court on Wednesday,” the spokesperson said.
