The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Chartered Accountant for demanding & and accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000 from the Complainant.
A case was registered on the complaint. It was alleged that the accused (an empanelled Chartered Accountant of Canara Bank) had informed the Complainant that he was deputed by the Zonal Office of Canara Bank for a stock audit. It was further alleged that said accused demanded a bribe of Rs.1.50 Lakh instead of giving a favourable stock audit report to the Complainant’s firm (dealing in Artwork). The bribe was allegedly negotiated and the accused agreed to accept Rs.50,000 as a bribe & and asked the Complainant to deposit the remaining Rs. One Lakh in his account. Name of the arrested accused Vikas Aggarwal, Chartered Accountant CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting the bribe of Rs.50,000- Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused in Chandigarh.
The arrested accused was produced today in the Court of Special Judge, CBI Cases, Chandigarh and was remanded to 14 days of Judicial Custody.