Ludhiana, September 09: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Parul Garg, IRS 2008 C&IT an Additional Commissioner and Dharamveer Singh, Superintendent, Customs Department in a bribery case of Rs 1.30 lakh.
CBI registered a case against Dharamveer Singh, Superintendent, Customs in Punjab's Amritsar on the basis of the complainant’s allegations of bribery.
The complainant approached Singh for releasing his two loaded containers of scrap. It was further alleged that the Superintendent demanded a bribe of Rs 1.50 lakh and informed the complainant that the said bribe was also to be shared with Parul Garg, Additional Commissioner, Sahnewal but later, the bribe was reduced to Rs 1.30 lakh.
CBI laid a trap and caught Singh red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs 1.30 lakh.
Subsequently, the name of Parul Garg allegedly came in the bribery case and she was also caught.
CBI conducted searches at the premises of both the accused, including at Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Chandigarh.
An amount of Rs 59.40 lakh in cash and some incriminating documents were recovered from the premises of Garg, apart from recovery of cash amounting to Rs 2.60 lakh (approx) and certain incriminating documents from the premises of Singh, during searches.
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