Ranchi, June 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The CBI arrested a senior official of Central Coalfields Limited in Jharkhand for taking a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a security guard who was facing difficulties in performing his duties due to his medical condition, an official said on Monday.
Arun Sinha, Chief Store Keeper, Regional Store, Saunda, Barka Sayal Area, CCL, Ramgarh, Jharkhand, was arrested in a trap laid by the federal agency, said an official statement.
The CBI registered the instant case on Sunday against Sinha on receipt of a complaint alleging therein a demand of undue advantage/bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting an undue advantage/bribe amount of Rs 10,000 from the complainant.
The federal agency said that searches were conducted at the office and residential premises of Sinha following his arrest.
In a separate development related to Jharkhand, the CBI apprehended two proclaimed offenders wanted in a bank fraud of more than Rs 1.25 crore with the State Bank of India (SBI)'s main branch in Dhanbad.
The accused, identified as Brijbhushan Prasad and Kartar Singh, were arrested on June 21 in a coordinated operation conducted across Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, bringing a long-pending investigation closer to closure.
According to the CBI, the case was registered on August 31, 2005, following allegations of fraudulent misappropriation of Rs 1.25 crore from SBI's Dhanbad branch between November 2002 and June 2005.
Investigators alleged that the accused siphoned off funds from the bank before disappearing during the probe.
The agency said both men fled to Nepal after the investigation began and remained on the run for several years.
A court subsequently declared them Proclaimed Offenders, while Red Corner Notices were issued against them. The CBI had also announced a reward of Rs 25,000 each for information leading to their arrest.
Officials said the breakthrough came after sustained surveillance, technical intelligence gathering and extensive follow-up by CBI teams.
Investigators eventually traced the accused, who had allegedly been living under assumed identities for nearly two decades to avoid detection.
In a simultaneous operation conducted on June 21, Brijbhushan Prasad was arrested from Kopargaon in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, while Kartar Singh was apprehended from Raipur in Chhattisgarh.
A senior official said the operation reflected the agency's commitment to pursuing economic offenders irrespective of how much time had passed since the commission of the crime.
Source: IANS
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