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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

CBI arrests top DRI official on graft charges

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Additional Director-General of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and two others on bribery allegation.

The main accused, Chandra Shekhar, was in-charge of the DRI’s Ludhiana division.

Another accused, said to be a middleman, had been identified as Rajesh Dhanda. He was arrested when he was accepting a bribe of ₹25 lakh allegedly on behalf of the senior DRI official.

“Searches are being conducted at the premises of accused at Delhi, Noida and Ludhiana,” said a CBI official.

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