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CBI today arrested an Assistant Manager (Civil), Food Corporation
of India (FCI), Kurukshetra, Haryana while accepting bribe
of Rs.25,000/- from a private contractor to release his security
amount of rupee one lakh which was due from the FCI. The officer
concerned was caught red-handed at the FCI Campus at Pipli,
Distt. Kurukshetra The contractor had executed a contract
for construction of a road in FCI Campus, Pipli for an amount
of Rs.15 lakh and completed the work in March,2004 and his
security deposit of rupee one lakh was lying with the FCI
which was returnable in the first week of April, 2005. For
returning the security deposit of Rs.one lakh of the contractor,
the Assistant Manager, FCI had demanded a bribe of Rs.25,000/-.
The contractor subsequently approached CBI with a complaint.
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