Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended two persons, including the senior environmental engineer of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the son of a middleman (private person) while taking a bribe amount of Rs 91,000.
A cash of Rs 2.39 crore (approx) was recovered from the premises of said senior environmental engineer during searches, said CBI in a statement on Monday.
The Central probe agency said, the arrest formalities for Senior Engineer Mohammed Arif and Kishlaya Sharan Singh, who was allegedly paying the bribe, are underway, they said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Arif, Singh, his father and middleman Bhagwat Sharan Singh and two businessmen -- Raj Kumar Chugh, the proprietor of Ram Electroplaters, and Gopal Nath Kapooria of MVM.
Bribe for DPCC's favour for companies
The agency has alleged that Arif has been indulging in corrupt practices and obtaining bribes from the representatives of private companies for showing undue favours in the renewal of the DPCC's consent for their firms.
He allegedly conspired with Bhagwat Sharan Singh, who acted as a middleman and consultant for the firms in DPCC-related matters.
A CBI spokesperson said in a statement, "The said middleman allegedly gets the bribe money collected from the firms on the direction of the above said public servant and delivers the same to him on regular intervals."
The federal agency got the allegation verified and followed it up with a trap operation in which Arif and Kishlaya Sharan Singh were nabbed red-handed while exchanging the bribe.
"Searches were conducted at the residential and official premises of the accused, which led to the recovery of cash of Rs 2.39 crore (approx.) from the residential premises of the accused senior environmental engineer and also certain property documents," it added.
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