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\nImphal, July 27: The Special Judge for CBI Cases, Jabalpur has convicted B.C. Ekka, the then Superintendent & M.K. Singh, the then Excise Inspector, both working in the office of Asstt. Commissioner, Customs & Central Excise, Jabalpur and sentenced them to undergo two years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 11,000\/- in a bribery case.
\n CBI filed a chargesheet before the Special Judge for CBI cases, Jabalpur on 23\/12\/2008 U\/s 120-B IPC and 7 & 13(2) r\/w 13(1) (d) Act, 1988 on the allegations that S\/Shri B.C. Ekka and M.K. Singh demanded an illegal gratification of Rs. 2500\/- from the complainant to provide Service Tax Registration Number to his company for which the complainant had submitted an application.
\nThe accused M.K. Singh was caught red handed while demanding and accepting Rs. 2500\/- as bribe on behalf of B.C. Ekka from the complainant. Both were arrested.
\n The Trail Court found both the accused guilty and convicted them.The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Branch Manager of Regional Gramin Bank, Samastipur (Bihar) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000\/- from the complainant.
\nThe complainant had alleged in the complaint that a loan was sanctioned to him under Prime Minister Rojgar Yojna. The Branch Manager of Bank has called the complainant and demanded a bribe of Rs. 70,000\/- from him for withdrawal of sanctioned loan.
\nThe CBI laid a trap and the accused was caught red-handed while demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000\/- from the complainant.
\n The arrested accused is being produced today in the Designated Court.
\nThe Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against a former Vice Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University and unknown office bearers of two other Universities based at Jalandhar & Gangtok U\/s 120-B IPC r\/w Section 13(2) r\/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988.
\n It was alleged that the accused, while functioning as Vice Chancellor of IGNOU & also the Chairman of Distance Education Council, had abused his official position in granting approval to two Universities based at Jalandhar & Gangtok for running courses in Distance Education Mode, ignoring the deficiencies pointed out by the Expert Committee during 2009.
\nSearches were conducted at the residence of former Vice Chancellor at Thiruvanthapuram which led to recovery of documents related to property\/investments.<\/p>\n\n