Mumbai, March 07: The Mumbai Unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation booked an enforcement officer of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation and a PF consultant for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs60,000 from a Nashik-based businessman.
A written complaint was received from the proprietor of a company, which deals with hardware and electric items and hydraulic maintenance work.
He said that he had been receiving notices for non-payment of PF from the EPFO office, Nashik, since 2017.
The businessman said that in August 2023, he contacted his PF consultant B S Mangalkar, who advised him to meet N V Bakare, the enforcement officer at the EPFO office, Nashik.
The PF consultant allegedly told the businessman to pay Rs 60,000, which the latter paid.
In December 2023, the complainant came to know through news that the CBI and the Anti-Corruption Bureau had raided Mangalkar's office for taking bribes on behalf of another EPFO officer.
At this point, the businessman realised that the PF consultant had taken Rs 60,000 to grease Bakare palms, said the official. Subsequently, he lodged a complaint and a case was finally registered this February.
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