CBI arrests EPFO officer for taking bribe of over Rs 1 lakh

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended three accused including an Enforcement Officer of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Jamnagar (Gujarat) along with a consultant/ middleman and his son while accepting a bribe of Rs 1.10 lakh, demanding for pending EPF related issues.

Additionally, the CBI registered a case against the accused Enforcement Officer, EPFO, Jamnagar, and the Consultant in Mithapur, Dev Bhoomi Dwarka (Gujarat) on a complaint.

It was alleged that the accused demanded a bribe amount for pending EPF-related issues about the firm of the complainant engaged in supply of unskilled labour to a private company at Mithapur.

CBI laid a trap and the Enforcement Officer, EPFO, Jamnagar was apprehended while accepting illegal gratification of Rs.1.10 lakh from the partner of a firm of the complainant through a Consultant/ Middleman and son of the Consultant based at Mithapur who was also apprehended.

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There are further searches that are being conducted at the premises of the accused at various places in Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, and Rajkot.

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