The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday arrested an Enforcement Directorate official and his associate for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh, reported PTI.
The two persons arrested were Naval Kishore Meena, an Enforcement Directorate official posted in Imphal, and his associate Babulal Meena, a Junior Assistant in the Sub Registrar Office in Rajasthan’s Kotputli-Behror district.
Naval Kishore Meena had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 17 lakh from an individual in exchange for not arresting him in a chit fund case and not attaching his property in Imphal, Hemant Priyadarshy, Additional Director General in the Anti-Corruption Bureau, told The Indian Express.
A team from the anti-corruption agency arrested Naval Kishore and Babulal Meena while they were accepting a Rs 15 lakh bribe, Priyadarshy said.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau will lodge a case against the two under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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