Berhampur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday arrested a senior official of EPFO Regional Office in Berhampur while he was accepting a bribe, an official said.
The accused official worked at the Regional Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) Office in Berhampur as a senior social security assistant.
A CBI statement said that the CBI sleuths arrested the EPFO official on charges of demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant.
The investigating agency said that the accused official was taking the bribe from the complainant to approve the authorized signatory application of the employer, a private company, on the EPFO Portal.
“After negotiation, the accused agreed to accept a bribe of Rs 10,000 from the complainant,” the CBI statement said, adding that a trap was laid to catch the accused officer red-handed.
A case was registered against the accused official, the CBI said.
PTI
