Odisha: CBI arrests ED Deputy Director in Bhubaneswar in bribery case

The accused has been identified as Chintan Raghubanshi, the Deputy Director of ED zonal office in Bhubaneswar. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Deputy Director of Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Bhubaneswar in connection with an alleged bribery case.

The agency had alleged that a senior official of ED was taking Rs 20 lakh as bribe from a businessman in the Odisha capital.

CBI conducted a trap operation on Thursday on getting inputs that the officer was allegedly going to take the bribe.

The accused has been identified as Chintan Raghubanshi, the Deputy Director of ED zonal office in Bhubaneswar.

As per reports, Raghubanshi, a 2013-batch IRS officer, had sought Rs 2 Crore as bribe from the businessman by threatening him with ED raids.

The businessman had lodged a complaint in this regard with the regional office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here.

Accordingly, a trap was laid and the CBI sleuths caught Raghubanshi while taking Rs 20 lakh as bribe from the complainant in Sahid Nagar area of the city.

It is to be noted here that ED had conducted simultaneous raids at 14 places in Bhubaneswar and Dhenkanal linked to Ratikant Rout on January 8 this year. The raid was conducted in connection with the alleged illegal financial transactions of his company.