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An Enforcement Directorate officer working in Madurai in southern Tamil Nadu has been arrested for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 20 lakh - part of Rs 1 crore demanded from a government doctor involved in a disproportionate income case, police said.
According to CBI officials, two FIRs were registered with the agency recently following which they laid a trap and caught them red-handed while accepting bribes.
The CBI has arrested the Executive Secretary to the CMD of Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd and six others for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh to favor a Gujarat-based company for a tender in Odisha. The arrested individuals include the Executive Secretary, the proprietor of a private company, and five other private persons.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dhubri Zilla Parishad and his Assistant District Programme Manager were apprehended on charges of accepting bribes.
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