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CBI Arrests Senior Statistical Officer For Accepting Bribe

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a senior officer of the National Statistical Survey Office (NSSO) in Navi Mumbai’s Belapur for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant.

The bribe was transferred through UPI into the account of the officer’s wife, CBI said in a statement.

The CBI registered a case on February 10 and arrested the officer after the complainant said he had transferred an amount of Rs 10,000 through Gpay on the insistence of the accused.

The accused was produced before the court on February 11, and sent to police custody remand till February 13.

According to CBI officials, the complainant is the Director of a private firm in Bhandup, and his father is the proprietor of another private company in Byculla. Both companies deal in manufacturing plastic files and folders.

The complainant received multiple notices (on October 1, November 26 and December 24, 2024) requiring him to file the Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) Returns. The accused allegedly demanded Rs 10,000 from the complainant for assistance in filing the returns.

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