CBI books senior IAS officer in graft case
By TIOL News Service
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NEW DELHI, FEB 20, 2017: THE CBI has registered a case against a Principal Secretary (IAS-1988), Chhattisgarh Government; a private person, resident of Greater Noida; another Private person , resident of Hyderabad and other unknown persons on the allegations related to payment of Rs 1.5 Crore as gratification for help in a case against him, under investigation in CBI. It was further alleged that an amount of Rs. 45 Lakh was handed over by the said public servant to hawala dealer at Raipur since 11.02.2017 onwards which was to be delivered at Delhi to the private person at Delhi, out of which Rs. 20 Lakh has been delivered to said private person at Delhi. It was also alleged that the receivers agreed to accept part gratification payment in the form of two Kg of Gold to be delivered by brother-in-law of said public servant to contact of another private person at Raipur.
During investigation, two Kg of gold was recovered. Searches were conducted at the premises of accused persons and Hawala operators at Raipur, Hyderabad & Greater Noida. An amount of Rs. 20 Lakh earlier delivered to private person at New Delhi, has also been recovered during searches.
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