Lucknow, August 30: The Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Central Bureau of Investigation's Lucknow branch lodged a case of the Prevention of Corruption Act and criminal conspiracy against Balendra Sachan, the branch manager of Aryavart Bank in Hamirpur and a tout identified as Vinod Dwivedi.
The CBI said the manager of Aryavart Bank’s Beri branch, Balendra, through tout Vinod allegedly demanded Rs 20,000 from one Mukesh Kumar for allowing the withdrawal of Rs 1 lakh of the sanctioned loan of Rs 2 lakh for the manufacture and sale of candles.
The said loan was applied in the name of Mukesh Kumar’s wife, Aarti Devi. A senior CBI official said the complaint was received on August 27 in the office of the SP of CBI, ACB, Lucknow, from Mukesh Kumar Sahu of Hamirpur’s Lehra village.
He said the discreet verification prima facie substantiated the allegations levelled in the complaint.
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