Chandigarh, Dec 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an engineer of the Chandigarh pollution control department Thursday while he was accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000, an official said.
According to the CBI, the accused was identified as Sandeep Madan. The CBI laid a trap to arrest Madan on the complaint of Dinesh Gulati, resident of Halomajra village here.
‘Madan had demanded Rs.100,000, in two instalments, from Gulati in lieu of giving a no objection certificate to his Halomajra-based factory. We laid a trap near Sector 24 here and arrested the accused while accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000,’ said a CBI official here.
In a separate incident, the investigating agency arrested the superintendent of the Chandigarh estate office Tuesday while he was accepting a bribe of Rs.100,000
