 on Mon detained senior IAS officer Paramjit Singh, posted because the Director of geographical region Roadways, for allegedly taking ₹2 lakh bribe for recommending the name of a political candidate for promotion, officers said.){kind=link}
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday detained senior IAS officer Paramjit Singh, posted because the Director of Punjab Roadways, for allegedly taking ₹2 lakh bribe for recommending the name for promotion, officers said.
The CBI had carried out a raid wherever Mr. Singh was allegedly receiving the bribe cash for recommending the officer’s name to Punjab’s transport department principal secretary for promotion, they said. Mr. Singh, who was promoted to IAS from state services, is going to be arrested before long when the formalities and paper works are completed, they said.
The person from whom Mr. Singh had allegedly demanded the bribe approached the CBI with a complaint, the aforesaid.
“It was alleged that the complainant was due for promotion to the rank of General Manager, that a DPC was constituted in Jan 2022 and the Director (Singh) was a part of the said DPC (Departmental Promotion Committee).
“It was additional alleged that the accused demanded a bribe of ₹5 lakh from the complainant for recommending his name to Principal Secretary, Transport, Government of Punjab, for promotion to the rank of General Manager,” CBI Spokesperson RC Joshi aforesaid.
It absolutely was additionally alleged that the bribe amount was negotiated and the suspect in agreement to simply accept ₹2 lakh, he said.
“The said Director (Singh), geographical region Roadways, Chandigarh allegedly vulnerable the complainant, in reality, the consequences just in case the said bribe amount wasn’t paid to him,” Mr. Joshi said.