The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested a Home Ministry employee for offering Rs 2 crore to an agency officer to influence a case. The ministry official working in the North Block official in the national capital was arrested with Rs 16 lakh in his possession, said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Dheeraj Kumar Singh, a section officer in the division that deals with empanelment of IPS officers in the Ministry of Home Affairs, had allegedly approached a senior CBI officer to settle a matter.
The CBI officers, however, alerted his superiors and a trap was laid for Singh. He was taken into custody when he carried the money, allegedly the first installment of the bribe offered, with him.
"A complaint was received by a CBI officer alleging that Dheeraj Kumar Singh and another accomplice Dinesh Chand Gupta had offered him a bribe of Rs 2 crore in lieu of his help in settling a PE (preliminary enquiry) which is underway with the CBI. PE is against a private company. The CBI laid a trap after which they were arrested while giving Rs 16 lakh to the complainant," said the CBI in an official release.
The CBI also arrested Gupta, the co-accused in the case.