Pune: The Investigation Center Bureau (CBI), in a separate action, was trapped in two Havildar soldiers from the South Command and an Indian Air Force (IAF) civil officer in Lohegaon on charges of demanding and accepting bribes.
Both Havildars have taken a candidate’s native summons, who cleared the post ‘multi-tasking staff of multi-tasking staff (MTs), with the initial pretext of joining the formality and demanding RS2.5 lakh from him.
The CBI said in the release that the two Havildars agreed to collect RS50,000 as initial payments and even received RS30,000 through the UPI payment application.
The CBI court on Wednesday delivered two Havildar in police custody for five days.
The Southern Command army then issued a press release through the pro defense stating, “The Indian army continues with his policy on zero tolerance for corruption.
On a recent Tip-OFF about the possibility of malpractice in recruitment of multi-assignment staff, the Indian Army in Southern Command and CBI in a joint investigation asked the possibility of malprakets with lower level staff.
The army has a strict rule to deal with such malpractices and allows quick investigations to ensure the actions of the perpetrators.
“In other cases, a civil officer set from the IAF demands RS50,000 and arrested while receiving RS4,000 from the complainant to consider the transfer request to Dehu Road.
He was returned in police custody two days.
The suspect who was arrested was produced before the Special CBI court, which ordered his detention in police custody for two days.