NEW DELHI: CBI has arrested an assistant director of Enforcement Directorate in reference to an alleged bribery case. The accused, recognized as Sandeep Singh, was apprehended whereas accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh, the company mentioned. Subsequent to CBI’s raid, ED initiated a cash laundering probe in opposition to its officer and registered a case in opposition to him.CBI and ED had collectively raided the officer’s workplace and home.
Singh has been positioned beneath suspension and is being repatriated to his dad or mum division from ED. Singh, who was connected to the headquarters investigative unit of the company in Delhi, was allegedly attempting to extort cash from a jeweller who was beneath investigation by ED.
The probe discovered that Singh was not even the investigating officer of the case through which he was taking the bribe.
“He was requisitioned for the restricted function of conducting the search on the goal premises. Nevertheless, Singh represented himself because the investigating officer and allegedly accepted the bribe for favouring the accused, although he was by no means related with the case being investigated,” CBI mentioned.
The jeweller filed a criticism with CBI, prompting the company to provoke an investigation. CBI groups positioned Singh’s cellphone beneath surveillance and gathered proof of the alleged bribery earlier than finishing up a lure operation.
Singh was caught by CBI in Delhi round 11.30 pm on Aug 7 together with money value Rs 20 lakh, which he had allegedly extorted from the person beneath investigation by ED.
“A handwritten criticism, dated Aug 6, was submitted by one Vipul Harish Thakkar, levelling allegations in opposition to Sandeep Singh, assistant director, and Alok Kumar Pankaj, enforcement officer (EO), ED HQ, investigation unit-1, New Delhi. Verification of the criticism, carried out within the presence of impartial witnesses, prima facie unveiled an act of legal conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by Singh in collusion with unidentified accomplices,” CBI’s FIR mentioned.
In a press release, ED mentioned, “Taking instant cognisance of this incident and following the coverage of zero tolerance in direction of corruption, ED has initiated legal motion in opposition to Sandeep Singh beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act. An ECIR is registered in opposition to him and a search operation carried out at his residence on Aug 8 beneath the provisions of PMLA by ED in order to assemble proof of his legal actions.”
