CBI had arrested Singh on Monday. Sources stated that in some earlier raids, conducted at nine locations across Mumbai and Noida, nearly Rs40.5 lakh in cash was recovered.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Tuesday recovered Rs1.37 crore from the possession of a senior textile ministry official, posted as deputy general manager in Delhi, who had hidden the illegally earned cash in his Mumbai flat.
In an ongoing investigation of bribery case against the ministry official – Ashutosh Kumar Singh, deputy general manager of the Handicrafts and Handloom Export Corporation of India – and inspector Kehar Singh of the Delhi police, the agency conducted searches at the Singh's Mumbai flat and recovered nearly Rs1.37 crore in cash from there. Investigators also found Rs1.5 lakh cash in his car and investment in fixed deposits to the tune of Rs9 crore.
CBI had arrested Singh on Monday. Sources stated that in some earlier raids, conducted at nine locations across Mumbai and Noida, nearly Rs40.5 lakh in cash was recovered. In addition, two Mercedes cars with red beacons and various property-related documents were also confiscated.
Meanwhile, both accused were produced before the designated CBI court in west Delhi's Rohini court and remanded to two days' police custody.
In a complaint to the Delhi police, a man had alleged that Singh duped him to the tune of Rs1 crore by posing as a joint secretary and claiming that he could secure the complainant's pending arrears and wages from the Food Corporation of India (FCI). Inspector Kehar Singh, who received the complaint, demanded Rs3lakh as bribe from Singh to settle the matter.
Sources claimed that the two were arrested after the CBI laid a trap and caught bot of them red-handed.
The CBI has registered a case under relevant sections against the accused.
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