In the development, a major Delhi pollution bribery case has been registered against Mohammad Arif, a senior environmental engineer at DPCC. Arif was arrested over a case of taking bribes against the renewal of approval from DPCC for private firms. It had become a widespread corruption happening in the department.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is leading the investigation into this Delhi pollution bribery case. The residence of Arif was raided by CBI on Monday, during which Rs 2.39 crore as cash was captured. The probe led to the arrest of Kishlaya Sharan Singh, who is the son of a middleman involved in the scandal.
Both were seized exchanging a bribe of Rs 91,500. The accused in the bribery case: The CBI had registered the case on September 8 against Arif and four others. The list includes one middleman, his son, a private firm proprietor, and unknown persons. Middleman for this purpose Bhagwat Sharan Singh was very crucial in collecting bribes from firms. He was also delivering the amount to Arif regularly.
ANI posted on social media that:
“Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended two accused including the senior environmental engineer of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and the son of a middleman (private person) while exchanging the bribe amount of Rs 91,500.”
Police arrest culprit of Delhi pollution bribery case while exchanging bribe
A trap was laid by the CBI and it arrested Arif and Kishlaya Sharan Singh while swapping the bribe. Searches at Arif’s place and office, following the arrest, yielded cash and property papers about the Delhi pollution bribery case. Inquiries also brought out that the middleman and his son had been facilitating illegal deals for years.
Along with Arif, Raj Kumar Chugh of M/s Ram Electroplaters and Kishlaya Sharan Singh, Gopal Nath Kapooria of M/s MVM, Narela Industrial Area, have been included. With the Delhi pollution bribery case flaring up, a few other public servants and private persons are likely to come into the grooved scrutiny of the CBI. The investigation is in progress and results are awaited.
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