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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested a Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, an Enforcement Officer and a private person for bribery of Rs 2 lakh.
The arrested accused have been identified as Ganesh Arote, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner; Ajay Ahuja, Enforcement officer and B.S. Mangalkar, EPFO Agent (private person) The instant case was registered on a complaint against an EPFO officer and a private person, both residents of Nashik (Maharashtra). It was alleged that the EPFO Officer hatched a conspiracy with a private PF Consultant to demand and accept undue advantage of Rs. 2,00,000 for settling a PF matter related to the Complainant's firm. It was further alleged that the EPFO officer directed the Complainant to hand over the bribe to said private PF Consultant. CBI laid a trap and caught the private person and two officers of EPFO while accepting bribe of Rs 2,00,000. Searches were conducted at seven locations in Nashik, which led to the recovery of incriminating material including cash, diaries containing details of undue advantage etc. The arrested accused were produced today before the Competent Court at Nashik and were remanded to Police Custody till January 1. (ANI)
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