CBI Nabs CCL Official in Jharkhand for ₹50,000 Bribe; SBI Fraud Convicts Sentenced in Lucknow

November 7, 2025

Ranchi/Lucknow: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested a Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) official in Jharkhand for allegedly accepting a ₹50,000 bribe from a man seeking a job on compassionate grounds, officials said.

The accused, Dipak Giri, Manager (Personnel–HR) at the Dakra Project Office of CCL, had allegedly demanded a ₹1.5 lakh bribe to process the complainant’s employment application.

The complainant approached the CBI, which subsequently registered a case on Thursday and set a trap.

“The accused agreed to accept ₹50,000 as the first instalment of the bribe. He was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting the amount,” a CBI spokesperson said.

The agency seized the bribe money and conducted searches at the accused’s premises for additional evidence.

Separate Case in Lucknow: SBI Fraud Convicts Sentenced

In a separate development, a Special CBI Court (West) in Lucknow convicted two retired State Bank of India (SBI) officials and an infrastructure company in a ₹5.7 crore loan fraud case dating back to 2009.

The court sentenced Subhash Chandra Aggarwal (retired deputy manager) and Joy Chakravarti (former desk officer) to three years of rigorous imprisonment each and fined them ₹30,000 apiece.

The third convict, Addyapolo Projects Pvt. Ltd., was fined ₹10 lakh, while its director and key conspirator, Kranti Kumar Singh, died during the trial.

The case dates to 2009, when Singh forged invoices and balance sheets to float three fictitious suppliers — Zassoda Global Marketing, RK Traders, and Sambhav Enterprises — and used these fake entities to secure a term loan of ₹5.7 crore from SBI for supposed machinery purchases.

Instead, the funds were diverted to Singh’s personal accounts, with the help of the two bank officials.

“The conviction reinforces the CBI’s commitment to pursuing corruption and financial fraud cases, regardless of the time elapsed,” an agency official said.