CBI arrests head constable for accepting bribe
After negotiations, the accused agreed to accept Rs 20,000, the Central probe agency said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Shilpi Patar, sub-divisional magistrate (East) of Chandigarh, over her alleged involvement in a bribery case, officials said on Sunday.
Patar was arrested on Saturday night from her official residence in Sector 27 here by a CBI team.
She accepted a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a businessman whose property the SDM had earlier ordered to be sealed, according to the CBI officials.
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They said that Patar had approached the businessman, Tarsem Kumar, through a middleman and demanded Rs 5 lakh.
The deal to allow desealing of the commercial property, located at the Sector 26 grain market, was finally settled for Rs 2 lakh. The Rs 50,000 was paid as initial instalment to start the process.
Patar is also the Chief Fire Officer of Chandigarh.
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