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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Delhi Police Crime Branch Inspector for allegedly demanding ₹3 crore to "influence" the agency's ongoing probe against a Puducherry-based businessman successful a fake cause manufacturing case, officials said connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026). The relation of a elder nationalist servant, understood to beryllium a "regional manager of the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation)", is besides nether scanner, they said.
Crime Branch Inspector Pradeep Singh and a middleman, Rajkumar, were caught aft the CBI laid a trap connected Monday (June 8, 2026) evening. Cash worthy ₹24.70 lakh was recovered from them, officials said. The bureau has registered an FIR against Mr. Singh, Rajkumar and businessman N. Raja.
According to officials, the CBI had booked Raja successful a fake cause manufacturing lawsuit earlier this year. Desperate for relief, the businessman got successful interaction with Mr. Singh, who assured him that helium would beryllium capable to power the probe. Mr. Singh adjacent arranged a gathering with a elder nationalist servant, "identified arsenic a determination manager of the DGCA", successful Aerocity.
During the meeting, the nationalist servant promised Raja "a favourable investigation" by utilizing his idiosyncratic power implicit CBI officials and allegedly demanded a bribe of ₹3 crore, with ₹1.5 crore to beryllium paid upfront. The businessman arranged ₹1 crore done a hawala transaction, which was paid to Mr. Singh, who successful crook handed implicit ₹50 lakh to different middleman, Mr. Prabhat, who was known to the fishy nationalist servant, officials said. "Accused Pradeep Kumar Singh kept the remaining ₹25 lakh successful his office. Thereafter, connected June 8, 2026, accused Rajkumar and Pradeep Kumar Singh were apprehended," an authoritative said.
