Chennai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a women Enforcement Officer of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) at Tiruppur and two others in an alleged bribery case of Rs four lakh.
A case was registered against the Enforcement Officer and two private persons of Chennai-based private firm.
It was alleged that the Enforcement Officer (Inspector) of EPFO, Tiruppur was demanding undue advantage for settling the issues related with violation of EPFO Act by Tiruppur based private firm.
The CBI intercepted two private persons when they were coming out of the office chamber of the Enforcement Officer after paying the alleged bribe money to her.
During the search, unaccounted cash of about Rs four lakh was recovered from her office chamber.
Searches were also conducted at five places in Tiruppur, Coimbatore and Chennai, which yielded Rs 6.10 lakh cash.
Some incriminating documents were also recovered during the searches following which the EPFO officer and the two private persons were arrested.
All the arrested were produced before the Special Judge for CBI cases, Coimbatore.
Apart from this, further searches led to recovery of a sum of Rs three lakh in cash from the chamber of another official and the matter is also being looked into. Further investigation is continuing.