Mumbai: In a bribery case, the CBI carried out raids on the premises of its own deputy superintendent of police Brij Mohan Meena and others, and recovered Rs 55 lakh in cash, documents showing investments of around Rs 1.8 crore in properties, and ledger entries showing transactions totalling Rs 1.6 crore.
The CBI has registered a corruption case against Meena, posted at the bank securities and fraud branch (BSFB), Mumbai, along with seven others. Meena is accused of collecting bribes of over Rs 5 crore by intimidating his case suspects and witnesses, and layering the bribe money through middlemen. On Wednesday, the CBI conducted searches at roughly 20 locations across Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi.
The DySP allegedly received bribes through intermediaries using banking channels and hawala networks after threatening suspects in his cases.
According to the CBI, Meena accepted bribes from various accused persons and witnesses in cases investigated by him in exchange for providing undue advantages by excluding them from ongoing investigations or minimising their involvement in the fraud offences he was probing.
The bribes were received either in cash or through bank transfers to accounts belonging to Kishan Agarwal, an intermediary. After taking his share, Agarwal would forward the remaining amount as directed by Meena through hawala transactions.
The CBI FIR stated: “The source has further informed that Kishan Agarwal has already transacted around Rs 5 crore to Rs 6 crore of bribe money on behalf of Meena through the hawala channel. Information also reveals that recently Kishan Agarwal had delivered Rs 25 lakh on Nov 27 and Rs 15 lakh on Dec 9 at Jaipur through hawala operator P Umesh having offices both in Mumbai and Jaipur.”
Aishwarya Ram Meena, a relative of the accused DySP, allegedly collected these bribe amounts from P Umesh Angadiya in Jaipur.
On Dec 16, allegedly following Meena’s instructions, two CBI case suspects provided Rs 38 lakh to Agarwal and transferred Rs 38 lakh through banking channels to accounts of Khush IT Network, managed by Saurabh Loharuka from Kolkata. The CBI said Agarwal transferred these amounts across various bank accounts to disguise them as routine business transactions, awaiting Meena’s instructions for delivery. All individuals involved, including Agarwal’s father Harish and Meena’s relative Aishwarya, are named as accused in the corruption case.
Mumbai: In a bribery case, the CBI carried out raids on the premises of its own deputy superintendent of police Brij Mohan Meena and others, and recovered Rs 55 lakh in cash, documents showing investments of around Rs 1.8 crore in properties, and ledger entries showing transactions totalling Rs 1.6 crore.
The CBI has registered a corruption case against Meena, posted at the bank securities and fraud branch (BSFB), Mumbai, along with seven others. Meena is accused of collecting bribes of over Rs 5 crore by intimidating his case suspects and witnesses, and layering the bribe money through middlemen. On Wednesday, the CBI conducted searches at roughly 20 locations across Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi.
The DySP allegedly received bribes through intermediaries using banking channels and hawala networks after threatening suspects in his cases.
According to the CBI, Meena accepted bribes from various accused persons and witnesses in cases investigated by him in exchange for providing undue advantages by excluding them from ongoing investigations or minimising their involvement in the fraud offences he was probing.
The bribes were received either in cash or through bank transfers to accounts belonging to Kishan Agarwal, an intermediary. After taking his share, Agarwal would forward the remaining amount as directed by Meena through hawala transactions.
The CBI FIR stated: “The source has further informed that Kishan Agarwal has already transacted around Rs 5 crore to Rs 6 crore of bribe money on behalf of Meena through the hawala channel. Information also reveals that recently Kishan Agarwal had delivered Rs 25 lakh on Nov 27 and Rs 15 lakh on Dec 9 at Jaipur through hawala operator P Umesh having offices both in Mumbai and Jaipur.”
Aishwarya Ram Meena, a relative of the accused DySP, allegedly collected these bribe amounts from P Umesh Angadiya in Jaipur.
On Dec 16, allegedly following Meena’s instructions, two CBI case suspects provided Rs 38 lakh to Agarwal and transferred Rs 38 lakh through banking channels to accounts of Khush IT Network, managed by Saurabh Loharuka from Kolkata. The CBI said Agarwal transferred these amounts across various bank accounts to disguise them as routine business transactions, awaiting Meena’s instructions for delivery. All individuals involved, including Agarwal’s father Harish and Meena’s relative Aishwarya, are named as accused in the corruption case.