The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a private person who was impersonating himself as an official of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi and was demanding bribe from the loan applicants.
The instant case was registered by CBI, ACB, Dehradun on 29.06.2026. It was alleged that the accused claiming himself as an official of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi demanded a bribe of Rs.45,000 i.e. 2% of the loan amount of Rs.22,50,000 from the complainant.
The complainant is running a poultry farm in Village Lalpur, Tehsil Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand and he had applied for loan from Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) through Udyami Mitra (SIDBI) portal.
CBI laid a trap on 29.06.2026. The accused accepted bribe of Rs.5,000, as first instalment, from the complainant by sending a QR Code on the mobile phone of the complainant on 29.06.2026.
Based on the QR Code and bank account details, the CBI arrested a private person from his residence on 30.06.2026, however, it was revealed during interrogation that he was not the main accused.
The main accused who was impersonating himself as official of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, was absconding.
During investigation, it was found that the accused private person had access to information of loan applicants/applications of AHIDF and he used to make calls to large number of applicants daily demanding bribe amounts from them for avoiding rejection of loan/re-submission of proper loan application/approval of loan applications.
By claiming himself to be the official of AHIDF and talking about the information of loan application, he was obtaining money from many of applicants, daily.
The accused was taking money through UPI payments in other applicants’ bank accounts through QR code and thereafter transferring it to another persons’ bank accounts through UPI transactions. The CBI team continued its stringent efforts by visiting Delhi, Agra and adjoining areas to trace the absconder. Intensive efforts were undertaken by analysing the
CDRs of various mobile numbers connected to the accused, bank accounts of suspected persons and IP Addresses connected with loan applications of various applicants as well as undertaking examination of various officials of SIDBI and AHIDF, loan applicants of AHIDF etc.
Through sources and digital surveillance, it was found that the accused was demanding money by using different mobile numbers and was changing his locations frequently such as Agra, Jaipur, Delhi etc. Today, i.e, on 19.07.2026, it was found that the accused has returned to his house at Village Chhota Pootha Bisarana, Police Station-Dauki, Tehsil-Fatehabad, District- Agra, Uttar Pradesh and from there, he has been arrested.
The accused will be produced before the Competent Court at Dehradun. The searches were conducted at the residential premises of the accused and incriminating documents etc. have been seized.
The case is under investigation.
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