CBI catches Chartered Accountant red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs 50,000
The CBI has arrested a Chandigarh-based chartered accountant (CA) for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 in exchange of submitting a favourable report pertaining to the stock audit on Tuesday.
The accused was identified as Vikas Aggarwal, who was an empanelled CA with Canara Bank. He was produced in the court of Special CBI judge, following which he was sent to judicial custody.
Sources said that indiscriminate documents were seized from the residential premises of Aggarwal, who was booked following the complaint of Suraj Sharma, owner of a private firm, which deals in artworks and advertisements at Sector 20.
According to the CBI, a case was registered on the complaint of Sharma in which it was alleged that the accused had informed the complainant that he was deputed by the Zonal Office of Canara Bank for stock audit.
It was further alleged that the accused demanded bribe of Rs 1.50 lakh in lieu of giving favourable stock audit report to the complainant’s firm.
The bribe was allegedly negotiated and the accused agreed to accept Rs 50,000 in cash and asked the complainant to deposit the remaining Rs 1 lakh in his bank account.
