India News | CBI Arrests Man in Bribery Case from J-K's Kathua

Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 18 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested a person in connection with a bribery case.

The case is related to the allegations of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant on behalf of Branch Head, Jammu and Kashmir Grameen Bank.

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CBI had registered a case against Branch Head, Jammu and Kashmir Grameen Bank, Parliwand Branch, Kathua and another accused on a complaint.

"It was alleged that the Branch Head, Jammu and Kashmir Grameen Bank demanded a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant through the said private person for processing and sanction of Housing Loan of Rs 20 Lakh of complainant's father. CBI laid a trap and caught the private person while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 (part payment of bribe)," reads the CBI statement.

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Searches are being conducted on the premises of both the accused at Kathua. (ANI)

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