A special Delhi court today sent a man to five-day police custody who claimed to be an official of the Prime Minister's Office in a bribery case involving Principal Secretary of Chhattisgarh Government B L Agrawal.<br/><br/>Syed Burhanuddin had allegedly demanded one-and-a-half crore rupees as illegal gratification from Agrawal, who is also in police custody in the same case along with others, for "settling" a case pending against the 1988 batch IAS officer, the CBI has alleged.<br/><br/>According to CBI, the officer is facing investigation in two cases registered in 2010, when he was Health Secretary in the Chhattisgarh government. He has been charge sheeted in one, while the probe is going on in the other case.<br/><br/>The agency has registered a case of criminal conspiracy and under Prevention of Corruption Act against the accused<br/>persons.
News On AIR | February 23, 2017 7:39 PM
Court sends alleged middleman to 5-day police custody in bribary case