New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for accepting bribes of Rs20L in the national capital.
Arrested official: Sandeep Singh Yadav
The arrested ED official has been identified as Sandeep Singh Yadav. He was accepting a bribe from a jeweller in lieu of giving relief to the jeweller's son in the case registered in ED.
A senior CBI official confirmed that the ED official has been arrested from the Lajpat Nagar area in Delhi.
CBI laid a trap
CBI received a complaint and acting on the same, a trap was laid and the ED official was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe.
CBI is in the process of getting an FIR registered in the case, said officials.
Further updates are awaited. (with Agency inputs)
