CBI arrests Delhi Govt official in bribery case

CBI has arrested a Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of the Delhi government for allegedly receiving Rs 50,000 from a father-son duo for allowing their illegal constructions in Naharpur village here. 

Rahul Aggarwal, a 2012-batch Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service (DANICS) officer, posted at Saraswati Vihar along with a alleged tout Sandeep and builders Vijendra and Ashwani Yadav were arrested by the agency in the alleged bribery case late last night. 

The agency carried out searches at the residence of Aggarwal in Pitampura but it had to encounter his wife, a radiologist, who allegedly blocked the entry of the team in the flat as she threw away her diamond jewellery on the terrace, CBI sources claimed. They said the agency after lot of hard work managed its entry to gather all the valuable pieces from near a water tank where they were thrown to seize them. 

Aggarwal, a Chemical engineer, joined DANICS in 2012 and very soon was given the first posting as SDM in the Saraswati Vihar, near Rohini area, in 2015. It is alleged that Sandeep used to get him information about illegal constructions, encroachments by shops in the area on the basis of which notices were issued to erring persons, they said. Sometimes the notices were allegedly delivered by Sandeep himself at the behest Aggarwal, CBI claimed. 

After getting information, the agency nabbed Sandeep who was collecting Rs 50000 from Yadavs for allowing their alleged illegal constructions of shops at Naharpur village. Sandeep then led CBI to Aggarwal claiming that he was collecting bribe on his behalf, they said. "Searches were conducted at the residential premises of SDM which led to recovery of cash of Rs Five lakh (approx) and incriminating documents. Certain official files along with cash of Rs 1.5 lakh (approx.) were recovered from the residential premises of the tout (middleman)," the CBI spokesperson said here today.