Following these searches, as Investigating officer, stated the Deputy SP issued a discover on September 24, 2024, summoning the complainant to seem earlier than the NIA workplace Patna on September 26, 2024. . (Representational picture)
The CBI crew trapped the middlemen intently related to accused Deputy SP Ajay Pratap Singh accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakhs from the complainant within the case
The CBI has apprehended a Deputy SP of NIA’s Patna Department and two others in reference to allegations of acquiring undue benefit for granting favour in investigation of an ongoing case.
The CBI crew trapped the middlemen intently related to accused Deputy SP Ajay Pratap Singh accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakhs from the complainant within the case.
A complainant approached the CBI alleging that stated the official has been extorting cash from him by threatening to manufacture his household in a prison case and falsely implicating his household for illegally stocking unlicensed assault weapons. It was disclosed that the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) had registered a case in reference to this matter and searches have been carried out on September 19, 2024 on the residence and workplace of the complainant.
Following these searches, as Investigating officer, stated the Deputy SP issued a discover on September 24, 2024, summoning the complainant to seem earlier than the NIA workplace Patna on September 26, 2024.
Throughout interrogation, it was alleged that accused deputy SP threatened the complainant with implicating him within the prison case and to face extreme penalties. With the intention to assist him escape the implications, the official allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 2.5 crore.
Underneath strain, complainant allegedly agreed to pay the bribe to guard his household from the false fees. Accused deputy SP requested complainant to pay an preliminary instalment of Rs 25 lakh on the identical day September 26, 2024 and supplied him with a handwritten observe with a intermediary’s cellular quantity.
Subsequently, it was alleged that complainant organized Rs 25 lakh and directed his relative to ship the cash after contacting the given quantity. As instructed, the cash was delivered to the recipient, who arrived in Aurangabad, Bihar.
It was revealed that the deputy SP was involved with accused middlemen who together with one other middlemen have been current in Aurangabad, Bihar, round 11:30 PM on the day of incident September 26, 2024, corroborating the reported supply of the bribe.
After a few days, complainant was as soon as once more summoned by the deputy SP to seem earlier than the NIA workplace Patna on October 1.
The complainant appeared earlier than the deputy SP in his workplace on given date. A requirement was then made for a bribe of Rs 70 Lakh, with a path to ship Rs 35 Lakh on the identical day at Patna.
Accused Deputy SP once more supplied him with a handwritten observe containing a cellular quantity and later, the complainant contacted the given quantity and requested for a while to rearrange the cash and warranted for the supply on October 3 at Gaya.
In coordination with NIA, a case below part 7,12 of PC Act (As amended in 2018) learn with Part 308(6) & Part 61(2)of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered on October 3 towards stated deputy SP of NIA and two middlemen and unknown others.
Searches are being carried out at a number of locations in Gaya, Patna and Varanasi and investigation of the case is in progress. A number of incriminating paperwork and digital units have been recovered thus far through the searches along with Rs 20 Lakhs bribe cash.