CBI ARRESTS TWO OF ITS OFFICIALS IN BRIBERY CASE

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested its deputy superintendent of police (DSP), R K Rishi, inspector Kapil Dhankad and an advocate Manohar Malik in connection with its probe into a “bribes-for-relief” scandal in the agency, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday.

Rishi, who is accused of running a well-oiled racket in the CBI along with another DSP, R K Sangwan, Dhankad, a stenographer Sameer Kumar Singh and some lawyers for extending favours to private companies under investigation in bank fraud cases, was arrested on Tuesday night, the people cited above added.

The allegation is that crucial case related information and documents have been leaked since 2018 to individuals/companies being investigated for bank frauds. Rishi’s and his wife’s residence were also searched.

The agency claims to have already established that Rishi took ₹30 lakh bribe in two tranches for facilitating the leak of information from the agency and that Dhankad had taken around ₹25 lakh from two companies. Rishi, Dhankad and Malik were produced before a court on Wednesday.

The accused’s legal representatives could not be located for comment.