HC grants 2 more months to CBI for Asthana bribery case
India | October 09, 2019 13:16 ISTThe court passed the order while disposing of a plea by the CBI seeking extension of time to complete the probe in the case by six months.
The court passed the order while disposing of a plea by the CBI seeking extension of time to complete the probe in the case by six months.
It is alleged that Kumar received a bribe of Rs five crore from the IMA group, which had allegedly duped investors by offering them high returns on their investments.
The CBI on Monday arrested seven persons, including public servants, for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 25 lakh for processing and passing of bills pertaining to the contracts awarded by National Projects Construction Corporation (NPCC) Limited.
The CBI on Thursday arrested two senior employees of Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) based in Patna for demanding and receiving a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh.
The CBI said the Indian Air Force on December 16, 2009 issued a request proposal for procurement of 75 basic trainer aircraft and Pilatus Aircrafts Switzerland was one of the bidders.
After sacking errant income tax officers, the government on Tuesday dismissed from service 15 senior customs and central excise officials, including one of the rank of principal commissioner, on charges of corruption and bribery.
Justice Mukta Gupta allowed the CBI's plea seeking extension of time to complete its investigation in the case lodged against Asthana, DSP Devender Kumar and middleman Manoj Prasad.
In accordance with Adityanath’s direction, the matter will be probed by SIT and it will submit its report within 10 days.
While the Law Ministry is the administrative ministry for the EC, the Legislative Department is the nodal unit for issues related to the poll panel.
ASI Lehri Singh, attached to Delhi's Chittaranjan Park police station, had come to serve a proclamation warrant issued by a Delhi court against a Pune resident, ACB officials said.
Dinakaran had floated Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam party after being expelled from the AIADMK. He was arrested in April 2017 in Delhi and was later granted bail.
Delivering the order rejecting the bail application of Sinha, Special CBI judge Santhosh Snehi Mann said that it was not a fit stage to grant him relief.
According to officials, some CBI officials the CVC on Tuesday had examined some CBI officials probing crucial cases which figured in Asthana's complaint of corruption against the CBI chief Alok Verma.
The investigation conducted by him revealed that the act of demanding and accepting illegal gratification primarily pertained to two distinct periods - December 2017 and October 2018, Bassi said.
The court asked the CBI to file its reply to Kumar's application which will be heard Wednesday.
M Nageshwar Rao is a 1986 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Orissa cadre. He hails from Telangana's Warangal district.
The CBI has also sought the court's permission to add some more sections in the present FIR against accused, including Kumar.
"Under this PM, the CBI is a weapon of political vendetta. An institution in terminal decline that’s at war with itself," he said.
Chinese authorities said on Monday that they are investigating the former president of Interpol for bribery and other crimes and indicated that political transgressions may have also landed the Chinese official in trouble.
Prosecutors said on Wednesday they have ordered a former vice chairman of Samsung Group to undergo questioning over alleged bribery involving former President Lee Myung-bak.
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