Enforcement Officer with EPFO caught taking bribe

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 18

A team of the CBI has arrested an Enforcement Officer of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Sector 17, Manmohan Gilhotra, for accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from a private company operator at Baltana in Zirakpur.

CBI sleuths have recovered around Rs 3 lakh from the house of Gilhotra at Baltana during the raids and the source of the money is being verfied, sources said.

The accused was nabbed on the main road between Baltana and Zirakpur. The complainant, who is a Chief Administrative Officer, with a private company, alleged in his complaint that he was being threatened by the Enforcement Officer for conducting raids at his office. It was alleged in the complaint that the accused telephonically communicated to him to bring certain PF related documents of his company on the pretext of carrying out an inspection of his company. Hence the complainant met the accused and after the meeting, the accused demanded Rs15,000 in lieu of settling the matter.

Gilhotra was arrested red-handed and the bribe amount of Rs 15,000 was recovered from his pocket.

A case was registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The complainant is working in Cloudberry Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Sector 7, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh. The accused will be produced in the court tomorrow.