CBI Arrests Enforcement Officer
CBI yesterday arrested an Enforcement Officer of the Enforcement Directorate working at Calicut. It was alleged that the Enforcement Officer had demanded Rs.2 lakh as "bribe" for favouring an NRI in an on-going investigation by the Enforcement Directorate. Rs.10 lakh was seized from the possession of the NRI suspecting it to be "hawala money". But, on production of necessary documents & proving the genuine nature of the money so seized, the accused person was reluctant to release the money. The accused had offered that on payment of Rs.1.5 lakh as advance, a favourable report would be made by which the NRI Complainant could get back his money of Rs.10 lakh within one month. Or else, even if that were legal money, it would take 2-3 years to get his name cleared of the legal tangle.
The name ED sends a chill down the spines of our spineless politicians, some of whom are in jail, but what can you do when the ED Officer gets caught red-handed?