Crime

Bribery At WCL: Nagpur Headquarters

A manager of Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) was caught by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a retired employee of the government-run company.

S M Dhande, Manager (Mines), Mahakali UG mines, WCL Chandrapur, was caught by the Anti- Corruption Branch (ACB) of the CBI”s Nagpur unit, said an official release here.

The release by DIG (CBI-ACB Nagpur) M S Khan said a case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Dhande on a complaint alleging that he demanded a bribe of Rs 50, 000 from a retired WCL employee for sanctioning enhanced gratuity amount.

The accused was caught while accepting the bribe amount from the complainant, it said. The release said searches are being conducted at the office and residential premises of the accused and the case was under investigation.WCL is a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd.

CBI laid a trap and caught Dhande red-handed while he was demanding and accepting the bribe. Searches were conducted at the residential and official premises of the accused which led to the recovery of incriminating documents, including immovable properties.

The arrested accused was produced today before the Court of Special Judge, CBI Cases and was remanded to Police Custody till November 14.

A case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Dhande on the complaint. The case is under investigation.

Parth Kakade

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