LUCKNOW, April 2 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Lucknow unit, on Wednesday registered an FIR against the Kanpur branch manager of the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Limited (NCCF), his wife, and an empanelled vendor on charges of criminal conspiracy and corruption involving alleged illegal gratification of over Rs.30.8 lakh, officials said on Thursday.

The accused have been identified as Anurag Sharma, branch manager of NCCF's Kanpur office, his wife Pratibha Sharma, and Sunil Jaiswal, proprietor of M/s Jaiswal Trading Company, an empanelled vendor-supplier of the federation.

According to the FIR registered by the CBI's Anti-Corruption Branch in Lucknow, Sharma allegedly accepted undue advantages from...