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The CBI has arrested an Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner
of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation who had amassed
assets worth nearly one crore rupees. During the searches
at his residence and his locker, CBI found a total cash amount
of Rs.47 lakh. It is interesting to note that the officer
concerned had joined the service only during 1999. The official
is being produced before a Court in Delhi today for his remand.
The modus operandi of the officer was to send notices to
various private companies/firms under his jurisdiction threatening
inspections under the EPF Act and subsequently extort money
from them. The officer was also known to collect bribes in
a regular manner for the job of allocation of EPF codes to
the various firms/companies working as labour/manpower contractors.
During the course of searches, details of some of these companies/firms
and the specific amounts paid by them to the officer have
also been recovered.
During the course of searches at his residence at Saharanpur
and office at Chandigarh and a place in Bangalore, CBI recovered
documents relating to acquisition of a three-storeyed house
at Mandakini Vihar, Saharanpur worth Rs.24 lakh, a flat at
Vaishali,Ghaziabad worth Rs.15 lakh and a Car worth Rs.3 lakh.
Documents relating to Fixed Deposits, NSCs and Post Office
Savings amounting to Rs.11 lakh and cash worth Rs.1.75 lakh
were also recovered. During searches at Saharanpur, keys relating
to three lockers were also seized. On opening of the lockers,
a total amount of cash worth about Rs.45 lakh and jewellery
worth Rs.one lakh were found by CBI.
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