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DGFT official kills self after arrest by CBI in bribery case

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RAJKOT: A senior official of the Directorat­e General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) died on Saturday morning after he allegedly jumped off his 4th-floor office here following his arrest in a bribery case, police said on Saturday.

Jawri Mal Bishnoi (44), a joint director of DGFT, was on Friday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigat­ion (CBI) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh, the official said.

The CBI then began searching his office located on the fourth floor of a building.

“CBI carried out a search operation at his office throughout the night and was about to finish it in the morning when at around 9.45 am, the accused suddenly ran towards the window and threw himself out of it,” said Deputy Commission­er of Police (DCP) Sudhir Desai.

Bishnoi sustained serious injuries due to the fall from the fourth floor and was taken to the civil hospital where doctors declared him dead, the police official said.

A case of accidental death was registered at Pradyuman Nagar police station, and further investigat­ion is being carried out, Desai said.

The version of the CBI officers will be taken in this connection, he said.

“A group of people protested at the civil hospital (accusing CBI of Bishnoi’s death). The police staff present at the hospital provided protection to the CBI officers and brought them to the police station for inquiry,” he said.

Bishnoi had allegedly demanded a total of Rs 9 lakh from a businessma­n seeking a no-objection certificat­e (NOC) to export food cans which would have allowed him to retrieve his bank guarantee of Rs 50 lakh, police said.

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