CBI Arrests Bank Of Baroda Official For Taking Bribe To Clear Farmer’s Loan
The accused were charged through CBI for receiving a bribe of Rs 75,000
New Delhi:
The CBI has arrested a department supervisor of Financial institution of Baroda for allegedly taking bribe from a farmer for clearing his agriculture mortgage, officers stated Friday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) performed searches on the place of abode of accused department supervisor Kiran Thakre of Parola Department, Jalgaon in Maharashtra and an agent all the way through which Rs 10 lakh used to be recovered in money.
The CBI had charged the 2 for receiving a bribe of Rs 75,000 from the complainant for sanction and disbursement of agriculture mortgage of Rs 7.10 lakh to the farmer who gave a grievance to the company, they stated.
“All over investigation, it used to be printed that one agent (non-public particular person) additionally allegedly demanded bribe of Rs 25,000 for processing the stated subject. It used to be additional alleged that the bribe quantity used to be later negotiated and used to be mounted at Rs.75,000 (Rs 50,000 for the Supervisor and Rs 25,000 for the agent),” CBI spokesperson RK Gaur stated.
The department supervisor allegedly took a clean cheque from the farmer for clearing his mortgage, Mr Gaur stated, terming it a “distinctive modus operandi” in bribery instances.
An quantity of Rs 75,000 used to be withdrawn during the agent.
The cheque used to be recovered in conjunction with mortgage report all the way through the searches on the place of abode, he stated.
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