Rice scam! FCI manager caught accepting bribe in exchange for favouring trader
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The agency laid a trap to catch the duo – the manager and the businessman, who was also arrested.
Chandigarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) caught the manager of Food Corporation of India (FCI) red-handed as he was accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a person whom he favoured in the procurement of rice. The agency laid a trap to catch the duo – the manager and the businessman, who was also arrested. The CBI alleged that the businessman named Ravinder Singh, a resident of Amritsar and the proprietor of a private firm engaged in the sale and purchase of rice, connived with FCI manager Gagan Negi of the Punjab regional office to obtain undue favours from FCI by manipulating the process of procurement and e-auction of foodgrains.More Related News