{
  "id": 15054576,
  "title": "₹1 Crore Bribe Allegation, Fake FDs! MP Excise Department Prepares FIR Against Suspended Officer Deepam Raichura In Liquor Contract Row",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/1-crore-bribe-allegation-fake-fds-mp-excise-department-prepares-fir",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T21:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/1-crore-bribe-allegation-fake-fds-mp-excise-department-prepares-fir-against-suspended-officer-deepam-raichura-in-liquor-contract-row"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bhopal police have alleged that suspended excise department officer Deepam Raichura accepted a ₹1 crore bribe. Mohit Gogia, currently in police custody, informed authorities that Raichura gave the contract for two liquor outlets to Gogia in exchange for a bribe. Gogia claims he submitted fake Fixed Deposit Receipts (FDRs) to support the bribe. Excise department officials discovered the FDRs were fake when they examined them. The department is now investigating whether Raichura knew Gogia used the fake documents. If verified, an FIR will be filed against Raichura. Raichura served as an additional Secretary to Deputy Chief Minister Jagdish Devda before his suspension.",
  "summary": "Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The excise department will get an FIR registered against its suspended officer Deepam Raichura. A person, Mohit Gogia, already in police custody, informed the cops that Raichura had taken a bribe of Rs 1 crore. Gogia also told the police that, against the bribe, he had taken the contract of two liquor outlets by submitting a fake FDR. Raichura knew about this forgery.…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}