CBI arrests two Customs officers in graft case
New Delhi, September 9
The CBI has arrested two officers of the Customs Department for an alleged case of bribery in lieu of releasing goods of a trader in Mandi Gobindgarh.
Parul Garg, Additional Commissioner, Ludhiana Customs Commissionerate, and Dharamvir Singh, Superintendent, Amritsar Customs, have been arrested. The CBI had registered a case against Dharamvir on a complaint of a person, who runs a partnership firm in Mandi Gobindgarh and deals in the business of import of scrap, and had approached the officer in Amritsar for releasing his two loaded containers of scrap.
The trader alleged that the Customs Superintendent demanded Rs 1.5 lakh and said the money was to be shared with the Sahnewal Additional Commissioner. The CBI laid a trap and caught the Superintendent red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs 1.3 lakh. Subsequently, the role of Garg came to light and she was apprehended. — TNS
