Joint Director General of DGFT booked in a bribery case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a case against a Joint Director of the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and two others for requesting and collecting large bribes from consultants in exchange for issuing new import and export permits and renewing existing ones.

The accused named in the FIR includes:

• BN Ramesh,
• Joint Director General of Foreign Trade at the Regional Authority,
• Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in Visakhapatnam; Sreebhashyam Venkata Ranganathan,
• Section Head at JDGFT; Penmatsa Sitarama Raju,
• Managing Director,
• Kireeti Indenting,
• Exim Services Pvt. Ltd. in Hyderabad; and unknown individuals.

According to the FIR, the Regional Authority, DGFT, office in Visakhapatnam is operating to promote exports and imports and to assist in the development of trading connections with various foreign nations.