BSNL official arrested for graft
By IANSSunday, July 18, 2010
NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Sunday arrested a senior officer of state-run telephone service Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) in Rajasthan for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.40,000 from a subscriber for settling his bills, an official said.
Acting on the complaint, a CBI team laid a trap and caught General Manager Fateh Singh and another person, Radhay Shyam, “for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs.40,000 from a complainant for clearing his pending bills”, CBI spokesperson R.K. Gaur said.
The accused were brought to a court in Jaipur Sunday and would remain in CBI custody till July 23, Gaur said.
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