India, March 24 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked IAS officer Sanjeev Hans, a former private secretary to the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, along with others including a Mumbai - based construction firm, in an alleged Rs.1 crore bribery case linked to a builder-buyer dispute.

According to the CBI, the case pertains to the alleged demand and acceptance of a Rs.1 crore bribe in 2019 in exchange for facilitating favourable orders from the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) in a case involving East & West Builders. The commission is a quasi-judicial body set up under the Consumer Protection Act, and functions under the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and ...