CBI arrests EPFO official for allegedly receiving Rs 12 lakh bribe

“The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an enforcement officer of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) while he was allegedly taking ₹12-lakh bribe for settling the penalty against a hospital manager,” officials said on June 13.

“The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an enforcement officer of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) while he was allegedly taking ₹12-lakh bribe for settling the penalty against a hospital manager,” officials said on June 13.

“Rishi Raj, who works in the East Regional Office of the EPFO, was nabbed by the CBI red-handed. The action was taken after the manager of the multi-specialty hospital in the national capital filed a complaint,” they said.

"It was alleged that the accused (Raj) conducted an inspection of a multi-specialty hospital, in Delhi and informed the complainant (working as a manager in the said hospital) that there were lot of irregularities in the records of hospital for which a penalty of ₹15 crore (approx) would be imposed on the hospital," a CBI Spokesperson said.

Raj allegedly demanded ₹20% of the penalty as bribe for settling the matter which was negotiated down to ₹12 lakh.

"A trap was laid and the accused was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe money of ₹12 Lakh. Searches were conducted on the premises of the accused," the spokesperson said.