CBI gets three-day custody of FCI official in graft case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has received three-day custody of FCI official Devinder Kumar,the prime accused in an Rs 80,000 bribery case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has received three-day custody of FCI official Devinder Kumar,the prime accused in an Rs 80,000 bribery case. His alleged accomplice,Rameshwar,was sent to judicial custody by a Patiala court.

The agencys anti-corruption branch had on Tuesday arrested Food Corporation of India (FCI) official Devinder Kumar and Rameshwar,after they were allegedly caught red-handed while accepting the bribe from a rice seller. Vishav

Kumar,the victim,had alleged that Devinder ,a third tier technical assistant working at FCI in Malout,had

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demanded the bribe to allow him deliver rice in the

market.

At the time of the arrest,the CBI found that Rameshwar,an employee working for one of the state procurement agencies associated with FCI,was Devenders accomplice.

While conducting a search at the FCI officials residence,the CBI said it had found Rs 20 lakh in a wooden box on top of which a sewing machine had been placed. The investigating agency is probing if other FCI employees had any role in the case.

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