Case registered against CBI employee for obtaining undue advantage from different individuals

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against its own officer for obtaining undue advantage from different individuals who were within the ambit of the investigation being conducted by him, recovered Rs 55 lakh cash, an official claimed on Thursday. Official sources said that the agency has  registered a case against.

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against its own officer for obtaining undue advantage from different individuals who were within the ambit of the investigation being conducted by him, recovered Rs 55 lakh cash, an official claimed on Thursday.

Official sources said that the agency has  registered a case against its own deputy SP on the allegations of obtaining undue advantage from different individuals who were within the ambit of the investigation being conducted by him.

“The accused public servant was utilising the services of different middlemen for transacting the bribe money through a web of accounts and hawala channels,” the official claimed.

 CBI has conducted searches at 20 different places, including Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi. The searches have led to the recovery of cash worth rupees 55 lakh, which has been routed through the hawala channel. Property papers showing investment of rupees 1.78 crores and book entries showing transactions worth Rs 1.63 crores, besides other incriminating documents, as per the claim made by officials.

A case have been registered by CBI and further investigation is underway.

On December 31, the CBI Court had sentenced two accused including Rayabharapu Venkata Lakshmi (RVL) Narasimha Rao then Assistant Commissioner Of Central Excise & Customs ((Retired IRS Officer) Kakinada, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh and his wife Rayabharapu Gowri Ratnam to three years imprisonment with a total fine of Rs two lakh in a disproportionate assets case, said a press release from CBI on Monday.