CBI arrests man posing as PA to CBI official, demanding Rs 20 lakh to help out a Railway officer

According to the CBI, the railway official then checked if there was a complaint against him, and when it turned out to be false, he lodged a complaint against Qureshi.

A CBI official said, “A case was registered on a complaint against the conman posing as a CBI official in Nagpur and others unknown.”

As per the complaint, the accused approached the Central Railway official in Nagpur, and introduced himself as PA to the Deputy Inspector General of CBI. He told the official that there were complaints pending against him in CBI, and of which he (conman) could take care of,” the officials said. “Qureshi allegedly demanded Rs 20 lakh from the railway official to tilt favour towards him in the case,” he added.

CBI officials laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting the first installment of the bribe of Rs 1 lakh from the complainant. “Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused, which led to recovery of incriminating documents,” the officials said.

Qureshi was also produced before court on Friday and remanded to CBI custody till November 6.