IB OFFICER, CITY COP HELD IN GRAFT CASE

A day after registering an alleged bribery case against an Intelligence Bureau officer, Kameshwar, and Delhi police inspector Banay Singh Meena, the CBI on Friday arrested the duo.

The case was registered on Thursday against Kameshwar, Meena and two individuals — Rajan Kumar and Arun Tiwari, the alleged middlemen, sources said. Kameshwar and Meena of the Delhi police were nabbed on Friday, while two others were arrested on Thursday.

The allegations include criminal conspiracy, illegal gratification and commission of offence of abatement by the public servant, sources said.

“During the course of investigation, the CBI had intercepted the accused persons and recovered the alleged gratification amount of `10 lakh (approx) from the private persons,” said a senior official of the agency. The agency sleuths conducted searches at the premises of the accused persons in Delhi on Friday.

“During the search at the premises of a private person (Rajan Kumar) in Delhi, cash of `1.6 crore (approx), certain alleged rubber stamps of various ministries and departments of the Government of India, forged letterheads of various government offices and incriminating documents were recovered,” said the official.

The Delhi police commissioner is learnt to have ordered Meena’s dismissal.