The sales officer has been accused of allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a complainant in connection with the handover of an HPCL retail outlet. The Central Bureau of Investigation said that they registered a case on January 16 against the accused following a written complaint
CBI laid a trap on January 17 and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant. Representational image
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested a sales officer of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), posted in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, news agency IANS reported. The sales officer has been accused of allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a complainant in connection with the handover of an HPCL retail outlet.
The central agency said that they registered a case on January 16 against the accused, identified as Pratik Tagale, following a written complaint.
“The complaint allegedly noted that Tagale demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh to facilitate the handover of an HPCL retail outlet to the complainant’s wife, who is the proprietor of the outlet,” the CBI said.
According to the probe agency, when the complainant expressed his inability to arrange the entire amount in one go, the accused agreed to accept Rs 1 lakh as part payment on January 17, while insisting that the remaining amount be paid after completion of the official work, IANS reported.
Acting on the complaint, the CBI laid a trap on January 17 and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant. The accused was subsequently arrested.
Further investigation into the case is underway.
CBI nabs woman convicted for fraud in Mizoram from Guwahati
In another scenario, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday also arrested a woman, who was absconding despite being convicted in Mizoram for alleged misappropriation of compensation bills of National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC Limited), an official said on Sunday.
As reported by IANS, Tamanna Chakma alias Tamie May was arrested in Guwahati on Saturday, the CBI said in a statement.
An official said she was apprehended based on inputs collected during field verification, physical surveillance and thorough call detail records analysis.
Chakma was detained by the CBI's Shillong team on Saturday from Geeta Nagar Police Station area of Guwahati in Assam.
Furthermore, the convict was produced before the jurisdictional court at Guwahati for transit warrant for her further production before the Special Court at Aizawl, Mizoram.
(With inputs from IANS)
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