EPFO officer held while accepting Rs.1L bribe in jaipur
Jaipur, Nov. 5 -- The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested an Enforcement Officer with the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in Jaipur while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.1 lakh, officials said.
"The accused, Sonu Maurya, had allegedly demanded Rs.2 lakh from the complainant in exchange for not registering an FIR against him and freezing his bank accounts over the non-deposit of provident fund contributions for employees of his firm," ACB director general of police Govind Gupta said.
"After verifying the complaint, the ACB found that the accused had demanded a bribe of Rs.1 lakh. He was arrested during a trap operation while accepting the amount from a co-complainant in the presence of the complainant's firm's chartered accountant," Gupta said. The amount was recovered by the team, he added.htc...
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