Jammu: The CBI arrested an Assistant Commissioner, Food Safety, in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a shopkeeper, an official said on Tuesday.
Assistant Commissioner Sanjeev Bali, Drug and Food Control Organisation, Department of Health, was arrested on the complaint of Avineet Mehta, a resident of Rajouri.
Bali was arrested while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 to refrain from collecting samples from Mehta’s shop and to grant an exemption from inspections for a year so that the complainant could run his business without any problem, the CBI said.
The probe agency registered the case on August 25 and laid a trap to catch the official red-handed while accepting the bribe.
The CBI also searched the residential premises of Bali, which led to the recovery of incriminating documents, including documents relating to the acquisition of immovable properties worth more than Rs 1.5 crore.
On receiving a complaint from Mehta, a resident of Ward No. 7 near Rajouri Head Post Office, the CBI referred the matter for verification.
A CBI report prepared after preliminary verification of the complaint said, “The complaint and the verification report, prima facie, reveal commission of offence punishable under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 by the accused.”
“Hence, a regular case is registered against Sanjeev Bali, Assistant Commissioner Food Safety, and Food Control Organisation, District Rajouri… for investigation,” said the report.