New Delhi, Nov 17 (Agency) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two Army officials in an alleged bribery case, said the agency statement. A case was registered on the basis of a complaint against 2 Army officials from Southern Command in Pune. The complainant was allegedly selected to the post of MTS in the examination taken by Army Ordnance Corps in Pune and received call letter and he was to join at Ordnance factory in Maharashtra’s Wardha along with the original call letter allegedly under the pretext of early joining formalities, the accused took the original call letter of the complainant and allegedly demanded bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh and agreed to accept initial amount of Rs 50 thousand, claimed CBI. An amount of Rs 30 thousand was transferred by the complainant to the account of the accused. Subsequently, both the accused allegedly came to accept the remaining amount of Rs 20 thousand. CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting the remaining amount from the complainant, said the agency.
Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused at Pune which led to recovery of incriminating documents relating to the case. Both were produced before the Court of Special Judge for CBI cases in Pune and were remanded to five days police custody, said CBI. In another case, CBI arrested a Civilian Gazetted officer of Indian Airforce, Lohegaon, Pune for accepting bribes from the complainant. A case was registered on the basis of complaint against the officer of Indian Air Force, 2 Wing, Lohegaon, Pune. The accused allegedly demanded undue advantage of Rs 50 thousand from the complainant to consider his mutual transfer request to Dehu Road, Pune, said CBI statement. CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting a bribe of Rs 4 thousand, as initial installment from the complainant. Searches were conducted at the office and residential premises of the accused at Pune, which led to recovery of incriminating documents. The accused was produced before the Court and was remanded 2 days in Police Custody, said CBI.