The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested Chintan Raghuvanshi, Deputy Director of the Enforcement Directorate’s Bhubaneswar Zonal Office, on charges of accepting a bribe from a local businessman.
According to sources, Raghuvanshi, a 2013-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, was caught red-handed by the CBI while allegedly accepting Rs 20 lakh, the first instalment of a Rs 50 lakh bribe deal.
Acting on a complaint, CBI sleuths laid a trap and conducted a sting operation, leading to Raghuvanshi’s arrest.
Raghuvanshi has been taken into custody and is expected to face further questioning.
More details are awaited as the investigation unfolds.
With inputs from Munish Pandey
