New Delhi, Oct 19: The Rouse Avenue Court has remanded Serious Fraud Investigation Office Deputy Director Harish Tanwar to three days of Central Bureau of Investigation custody in connection with an alleged bribery case of one crore rupees.
The court also extended the CBI custody of co-accused advocate Bharat Sharma by one day, while a third accused, Aryan Sharma, was earlier sent to judicial custody for fourteen days on October 14.
The complainant alleged that Harish Tanwar, who was posted with the SFIO in Chennai, initially demanded an illicit payment of ten crore rupees in exchange for extending relief and procedural benefits during the DHFL investigation.
Following subsequent negotiations between the parties, the alleged bribe amount was scaled down to one crore rupees, with an agreed initial advance payment set at twenty-five lakh rupees.
Trap Operation leads to arrest in Chennai & during the operation, a sum of twenty lakh rupees was handed over to advocate Bharat Sharma.
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