CBI Conducts Raids At Over 50 Locations Across Country Over FCI Corruption Case

On Tuesday, the CBI arrested one deputy general manager (DGM) Rajeev Kumar Mishra when he was about to get a bribe of Rs 50,000 from one Ravinder Singh Khera in Punjab.

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Source : IANS

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Centre Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting raids at more than 50 locations across the nation on the premises belonging to owners of some rice-flour mills, agents and government officials who are accused of corruption.

The CBI had been working on specific input regarding corruption in the FCI( Food Corporation of India ).

On Tuesday, the CBI arrested one deputy general manager (DGM) Rajeev Kumar Mishra when he was about to get a bribe of Rs 50,000 from one Ravinder Singh Khera in Punjab.

The CBI said that two days ago an FIR in this connection was lodged against 74 persons, including government officials, private entities, agents and mills owners.

Raids are currently going on in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana. Two locations in Delhi are being raided by senior CBI officials while in Punjab raids are going on in Ludhiana, Patiala and Amritsar. In Haryana, the raids are going on in Hisar and Ambala.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against an accused before the POCSO Court, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in a case related to sexual abuse and other offences including sharing of child sexual abuse material on social media.

A case was registered on December 27, 2021 against accused Mohammed Zaki, a resident of Prayagraj on an INTERPOL reference received from National Central Bureau, Ottawa Canada on the allegations that an Indian Instagram ID user was involved in sharing of Child Sexual Abuse Material over the social media platform.

During investigation, including analysis of data of electronic devices recovered from the possession of the accused, it was found that Zaki was involved in sexual abuse of minor girls.

He was also sharing photographs and videos of sexual exploitation of the victims on social media platform.

The CBI identified four minor victims, all girls, who had allegedly been sexually exploited by the accused. The role of the accused was allegedly found in different acts such as aggravated sexual abuse and using child for pornographic purposes.

The accused was earlier arrested and is presently in judicial custody.

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