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JAIPUR: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested a senior official of a private company in the Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC) bribery racket.
ACB officials said that one Abhinav Sisodiya was arrested for his alleged involvement in seeking a bribe from the complainant. “He is a director of a private company that oversees the operation of the corporation. Two representatives of the same company, Badri Nath Sunder and Akash Kirodi were arrested earlier because they had sought a bribe from the complainant by promising to remove the firm from the blacklist,” the official said.
The ACB claimed that Sunder and Kirodi had made the WhatsApp call while Sisodiya was booked because he had provided the number of the complainant. “Sunder and Kirodi demanded a hefty bribe, but the complaint said he could only offer Rs 2.5 lakh, but the duo replied that it was a very small amount,” the official said.
ACB had busted the bribery racket in September when sleuths arrested scheme coordinator Ashok Sangwan and an assistant lecturer who was on deputation as a manager of the corporation Rahul Kumar Garg. Both were arrested while taking a bribe of Rs 5 lakh.
The agency had also seized the mobile phones of two IAS officers — chairman Neeraj K Pawan and MD Pradeep Gawande — to probe their role. Officials said besides the two officials, the probe is underway against several other persons for their alleged involvement in the racket.
A charge sheet was recently filed before the court on November 10 in the case.
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