CBI nabs EPFO officer in Vadodara for taking bribe, his wife, an officer, was also nabbed for corruption charges last month
January 11, 2019
Vadodara:The CBI today nabbed the Enforcement officer of EPFO office here today taking bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a company.
EO Rajnish Tiwari was nabbed on the basis of a tip off from his office in Akota area of Vadodara.
A CBI official said that Tiwari had demanded Rs 20 lakh from the company for a technical survey work with regard to PF. He was accepting the first instalment of Rs 5 lakh today when he was arrested.
Notably, his wife Paru Tiwari, also an officer in the EPFO office here was earlier arrested last month (December 17) by the ACB in connection with another bribe case of Rs one lakh. A middleman Hansmukh Trivedi was first arrested by the ACB for taking the bribe on her behalf.
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