{
  "id": 18936211,
  "title": "CBI arrests official, private individual in ₹1 lakh Visakhapatnam bribery case: Who are they; what are they accused of?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/cbi-arrests-official-private-individual-in-1-lakh-visakhapatnam",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-08T12:25:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/cbi-arrests-official-private-individual-in-1-lakh-visakhapatnam-bribery-case-who-are-they-what-are-they-accused-of-11794139360810.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}