Chennai: The CBI has arrested a Joint Chief
Controller of Explosive, Petroleum and Explosive Safety
Organisation here in a case of alleged bribery, the agency
said today.
AK Yadav, Joint Chief Controller of Explosive, Petroleum
and Explosive Safety Organisation, Chennai, had demanded and
accepted a bribe of Rs 30,000 from one D Sakthivel for
issuance of licence under the Explosives Act, CBI said.
"Both AK Yadav and D Sakthivel were intercepted by the
CBI team and have been arrested," a CBI release here said.
CBI Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case
of corruption against the two persons, besides a 'middleman'
Kumaresan, it added.
PTI
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