{
  "id": 11039028,
  "title": "Mumbai Crime: CBI Books Dahisar-Based Patent Agent Over Alleged ₹1.65-Lakh Bribe Demand To Influence Patent Office Official",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/mumbai-crime-cbi-books-dahisar-based-patent-agent-over-alleged-1-65",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T21:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-crime-cbi-books-dahisar-based-patent-agent-over-alleged-165-lakh-bribe-demand-to-influence-patent-office-official"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against a patent agent named V. Bhatt, from Dahisar, in connection with an alleged demand for a ₹1.65-lakh bribe to influence a Patent Office official. The complainant, a start-up company director, had applied for a patent on September 8, 2025. Bhatt, who initially handled the patent application, allegedly threatened the complainant with rejection of the patent and demanded payment for ensuring its grant. The complainant refused to pay the bribe and reported the matter to the CBI.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, September 30, 2026: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a patent agent/IPR attorney for allegedly demanding money from a businessman who runs a start-up company to manage higher officials from the Patent Office and help the complainant in the grant of the patent in lieu of monetary consideration. According to CBI sources, a written complaint had been…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Mumbai Crime: Anti-Corruption Bureau Books 2 BMC Engineers, Private Person Over ₹3.5 Lakh Bribe Demand In Govandi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/mumbai-crime-anti-corruption-bureau-books-2-bmc-engineers-private",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:39:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}