TV actor Anuj Saxena booked in graft case

The CBI is probing the role of businessman and TV actor Anuj Saxena in connection with a Rs 20-lakh bribery case involving an arrested additional secretary-level-officer in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Saxena is the owner of Elder Pharmaceuticals and famous for his roles in TV soaps Kkusum and Kumkum. The agency has arrested Director General of Corporate Affairs B K Bansal in the case. “Middleman” Vishwadeep Bansal and two private individuals are also in CBI custody.

In its FIR against Saxena, the CBI alleges that his company bribed Bansal so that he does not order an SFIO inspection against Elder Pharmaceuticals on charges of illegal collection of Rs 175 crore from 24,000 investors. Saxena is believed to be abroad.