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A Deputy Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for accepting bribe in Bhubaneswar on Thursday.
The officer identified as Chintan Raghuvanshi, was detained for receiving a bribe of Rs 20 lakh.
The detention is part of a broader inquiry into a suspected illegal transaction reportedly amounting to Rs 50 lakh, linked to resolving a mining case. Raghuvanshi was accused of accepting the bribe to influence the outcome of this case.
CBI officials reportedly intercepted Raghuvanshi during the act, and he was being questioned at their Bhubaneswar office.
Further details were anticipated as the investigation continued, to shed light on the extent of the alleged corruption.
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As per preliminary reports, a team of CBI sleuths caught Raghuvanshi while allegedly accepting Rs 20 lakh as part of the Rs 50 lakh bribery deal.
As per sources, Raghuvanshi had been demanding a huge amount of a bribe from some mines operators to dismiss an ED case against them. Finally, a bribe deal for Rs 50 lakh was fixed.
However, the complainant informed the CBI officials regarding his demand, following which a trap was laid and Raghuvanshi was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 20 lakh bribe from the complainant.
Notably, a 2013-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), Raghuvanshi has been working as the Deputy Director the Bhubaneswar Zonal Office of the ED for the last one and a half years.
