New Delhi, May 6
The CBI today arrested eight persons, including a CRPF Inspector General and a commandant, of the force, for alleged corruption and bungling in the recruitment of the ranks in anti-naxal force COBRA and recovered nearly Rs 1.15 crore cash and fixed deposits from their possession.
The accused, which also include a suspended CRPF constable and his wife, were arrested following searches at 20 locations spread across Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in connection with the scam, agency sources said.
While CRPF IG, Bihar, Pushkar Singh was arrested in Patna, accused commandant Yajbinder Singh and suspended CRPF constable Mukesh Kumar, who is the alleged kingpin of the racket, were arrested from Jamshedpur in Jharkhand.
The CBI had allegedly recovered over Rs 23 lakh cash and fixed deposits worth Rs 15 lakh from the residence of the IG during the search yesterday, the sources said. The agency recovered Rs one lakh from the possession of commandant Singh, Rs 7.65 lakh from Kumar and Rs 53 lakh from Kumar's wife Swati. Besides, Rs 3.5 lakh was also recovered from one of the four arrested touts, Sindhu Nath, the sources said.
— PTI
