CBI arrests deputy director of Odisha ED in bribery case
The Hindu
CBI arrests IRS officer for allegedly taking ₹20 lakh bribe from mining businessman in Odisha.
The CBI has arrested the Deputy Director of the Enforcement Directorate in Odisha, Chintan Raghuvanshi, in connection with an alleged bribery case, officials said on Friday (May 30, 2025).
The agency had conducted a trap operation on Thursday (May 29, 2025) on receiving inputs that the officer was allegedly going to take the bribe amount of ₹20 lakh from a Bhubaneswar-based mining businessman, they said.
Raghuvanshi, a 2013-batch IRS officer, was allegedly caught during the operation and later arrested after questioning, they said.
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