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New Delhi, Feb 1: The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against a Lt. Genl. (Now Retired) the then GOC-in-C; the then Defence Estate Officer (Now Retired), Southern Command, Pune Circle, Pune; a Pune-based Builder and others U/s 120-B, 420 IPC, 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act 1988 on receipt of a complaint from the Defence Ministry.
It was alleged that both the public servants had shown favour to Pune-based Builder in the matter of property at Bungalow
No.8A, Lothian Road measuring area 0.96 acres of B-3 Defence Land at Pune Cantonment and settled this matter out of court in spite of all the verdict in favour of army which was a gross misconduct on the part of public servants. The public servants had ignored existing rules & policies; violating the terms of lease, entered into by Ministry of Defence and caused pecuniary advantage to Pune-based Builder to the tune of Rs. 46 Crores(approx.) without any public interest.
Searches were conducted at the residence of the then GOC-in-Chief at Fatima Nagar, Pune & the then Defence Estate Officer at Lulla Nagar, Kondhwa, Pune and office premises of Builder at Koregaon Park, Pune which led to recovery of incriminating documents.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Junior Engineer and a Beldar of MCD, Karkardooma, Delhi in a bribery case of Rs. 20,000/-
A case was registered Under Section 7 of PC Act, 1988 against a Beldar, MCD Building, Karkardooma, Delhi on the basis of a complaint. It was alleged in the FIR that accused demanded a bribe of Rs.20,000/- from the complainant for not booking or demolishing two under construction houses being constructed by the complainant.
A trap was laid and the accused Beldar was caught red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.20,000/- from the complainant. After being caught, he disclosed that he was accepting bribe on behalf of a Junior Engineer. The other accused, Junior Engineer was also caught while trying to accept the bribe from the Beldar.
Searches were conducted at their residential premises. Search at the residence of Beldar led to cash recovery of Rs.32 Lakh and other incriminating documents. Both the arrested accused are being produced today in the Designated Court at Delhi.
The Special Judge for CBI cases, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi has convicted Sh. H.A. Siddiqui, the then Addl. Commissioner of Income Tax Range-34, Vikas Bhawan, IP State, New Delhi in a bribery case of Rs.One Lakh and sentenced him to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with total fine of Rs.Four Lakh.
A case was registered against accused H.A. Siddiqui, Addl. Commissioner, Income Tax, Range-34, Vikas Bhawan, New Delhi during April, 2003 Under Section 7 of PC Act 1988 for demanding a bribe of Rs.One Lakh from the complainant. The complainant (a Chartered Accountant) had alleged in his complaint that the accused demanded a bribe of Rs.One Lakh for clearing the case of his client which was under scrutiny with the accused.
A trap was laid and the accused was caught red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.One Lakh from the complainant.
After thorough investigation, CBI filed a chargesheet against the accused in the Designated Court at New Delhi. The Court found the accused guilty and convicted him.
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