07 April,2018 09:41 AM IST | Eluru (Andhra Pradesh) | ANI
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an enforcement officer of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Organisation for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 40,000 in Andhra Pradesh's Eluru city.
The accused allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs. 40,000 from a person in order to settle the matter of late payment of EPF contribution. Following a complaint, the CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red handed.
Searches were conducted at the residential and office premises of the accused which led to recovery of incriminating documents. A case has been registered under section 7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) Act, 1988. The accused was produced before the Designated Court at Visakhapatnam and remanded to Judicial Custody.
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