The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday apprehended a senior employee of Mother Dairy for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000 from a complainant, according to agency sources.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday apprehended a senior employee of Mother Dairy for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 45,000 from a complainant, according to agency sources.
The federal probe agency registered a case on Saturday based on a complaint against the accused zonal in-charge in the national capital.
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The complaint alleged that the employee had demanded a bribe of Rs 60,000 to refrain from canceling the complainant’s distributorship.
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After negotiations, the accused agreed to reduce the bribe amount to Rs 45,000, the agency stated.
Acting on this information, the CBI laid a trap and caught the employee red-handed while allegedly accepting the illicit payment in cash.
Searches are currently being conducted at the residential and official premises of the accused, and further investigations are underway.
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