CBI arrests official, private individual in ₹1 lakh Visakhapatnam bribery case: Who are they; what are they accused of?
The CBI arrested Plant Quarantine Station Assistant Director Sudhakara TM and private individual Sunkavalli Satyanarayana in an alleged ₹1 lakh bribery case involving imported-container clearances in Visakhapatnam.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a government official and a private individual in an alleged bribery case involving the clearance of imported containers in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The government official, Sudhakara TM, was an Assistant Director of the Plant Quarantine Station (PQS) in Visakhapatnam and was accused of demanding ₹1 lakh from a private firm to facilitate the clearance process.
The private individual, Sunkavalli Satyanarayana, allegedly acted as an intermediary in the transaction. Both individuals were caught accepting the bribe through an intermediary and arrested, with the entire bribe amount recovered during the operation. The CBI is continuing its investigation to establish the role of other individuals named in the case.
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