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In the Baghpat area of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, a team from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted a branch manager and a field officer of the Punjab National Bank (PNB) for accepting bribes in exchange for clearing a Kisan Credit Card (KCC) loan, according to senior CBI officials.
They said that Lalit Yadav, the branch manager, and Mukesh Meena, the filing officer, both employed at PNB's Khekhra branch in Baghpat, were the two accused.
They said that the two were detained while the complainant offered them a bribe of 25,000. Additionally, the CBI filed a complaint against them with the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the CBI's Ghaziabad division under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 120-B for criminal conspiracy and the pertinent provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
According to the FIR, the CBI received a complaint from one Shubham Dhama, a local resident of Khekhra, Baghpat. According to Dhama, 4.95 lakh rupees were sanctioned, credited to his KCC account at the PNB Khekra branch in Baghpat, and then transferred to a savings account.
The complaint claimed that the branch manager had put 50,000 in the aforementioned savings bank on hold. When the complainant enquired about the matter, the branch manager and the field officer allegedly sought 35,000 as a bribe to release the specified amount. Later, according to the plaintiff, the bribe was lowered to 25,000.
Before the accused were brought before the appointed court for further legal proceedings, searches were also done on both of their residences.
