Ludhiana: 3 FCI officials among 4 in CBI net on graft charges

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended four persons, manager (quality) and two technical assistants of the FCI, Mullanpur Dhaka, Ludhiana, and a private person in a ₹50,000 bribery case.

A case was registered on May 21 by the CBI against manager (quality) and a technical assistant of the FCI, Mullanpur Dhaka, on allegations that the manager (quality) and two technical assistants demanded a bribe of ₹1.05 lakh from the complainant in lieu of passing consignments of his rice mill.

The CBI laid a trap and caught the manager (quality) and two technical assistants of the FCI and a private person.

Searches were conducted at five locations at residential and official premises of the accused during which incriminating documents have been recovered.

This article has been republished from The Hindustan Times.