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CBI arrests 2 ED officials in alleged graft case

By IANS | Published: July 02, 2021 7:54 PM

New Delhi, July 2 In a big embarrassment to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Central Bureau of Investigation ...

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New Delhi, July 2 In a big embarrassment to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has arrested two officials of the financial probe agency from Gujarat in connection with an alleged graft case.

A CBI source told , "Two officials of the ED have been arrested from Ahmedabad while accepting Rs 5 lakh as the first installment of a Rs 75 lakh bribe."

The arrested officials have been identified as P.K. Singh, posted as Deputy Director, and Bhuvanesh Kumar, posted as Assistant Director with the ED.

It has been alleged that they had demanded Rs 75 lakh from the complainant to settle a bank fraud case.

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Tags: Bhuvanesh KumarCentral Bureau Of InvestigationEnforcement DirectorateCentral bureau of investigationsCentral bureau investigationDepartment of economic affairs of finance ministryCentral crime bureauSpecial central bureau of investigationRevenue and department of economic affairsCentral investigation bureauGovernment of india, directorate of enforcement
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