NCB Zonal Director arrested by CBI
The CBI arrested an In-charge Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. two lakhs from the complainant.
A CBI release states, “The complainant lodged a complaint in CBI Chandigarh stating that he is running a Pharmaceutical Factory at Baddi (Himachal Pradesh). A team led by In-charge Zonal Director, Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh raided his factory premises and seized certain documents. The accused asked the complainant to meet him at his office at Chandigarh. When the complainant met him at his office, the officer demanded a bribe of Rs. 5 lakhs from the complainant stating that otherwise he will be booked under The Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act ( NDPS ) Act and further told that he will talk to the complainant at Delhi. He called the complainant to a public place at Delhi and demanded at least Rs.two Lakhs to settle his case. The complainant came to Chandigarh with the records. The accused told him to meet him at Delhi with the bribe amount of Rs. two lakhs . CBI laid a trap and the accused was caught red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. two lakhs from the complainant yesterday.”
These NCB guys can put people in prison for ten years and more and if they book cases and drop them for money, what can the poor victims do?
Last time a CBN officer was arrested by CBI and we reported it as NCB. A senior officer of the NCB clarified to us that, “NCB is the nodal agency dealing with narcotics in India and is under Ministry of Home Affairs, Deptt of internal security, whereas CBN is under Ministry of Finance, Dept of Revenue.”
Hope we got it right this time.