{"id":19522,"date":"2026-06-10T20:27:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/rs-3-crore-deal-to-influence-cbi-probe-delhi-police-inspector-arrested-in-bribery-case-delhi-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:57:43","slug":"rs-3-crore-deal-to-influence-cbi-probe-delhi-police-inspector-arrested-in-bribery-case-delhi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/rs-3-crore-deal-to-influence-cbi-probe-delhi-police-inspector-arrested-in-bribery-case-delhi-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Rs 3 crore \u2018deal\u2019 to influence CBI probe? Delhi Police inspector arrested in bribery case | Delhi News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131637993,imgsize-37236,width-400,height-225,resizemode-72\/image-used-for-representative-purpose-only.jpg\" alt=\"Rs 3 crore \u2018deal\u2019 to influence CBI probe? Delhi Police inspector arrested in bribery case\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The CBI on Wednesday arrested a Delhi Police Crime Branch inspector and a middleman for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 3 crore from a Puducherry-based businessman in exchange for influencing an ongoing probe into a fake drug manufacturing case, according to news agency PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The arrested accused have been identified as Crime Branch Inspector Pradeep Singh and Rajkumar. The duo was caught during a CBI trap operation conducted on Monday evening. Investigators recovered Rs 24.70 lakh in cash from them.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>According to officials, the role of a senior public servant, believed to be a regional director of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), is also being examined as part of the investigation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The agency has registered an FIR against Pradeep Singh, Rajkumar and businessman N Raja.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>According to officials, Raja had been booked by the CBI earlier this year in connection with a fake drug manufacturing case. During the investigation, he allegedly came into contact with Singh, who claimed he could help influence the probe.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Investigators said Singh later arranged a meeting between Raja and a senior public servant, &#8220;identified as a regional director of the DGCA&#8221;, in Aerocity, Delhi.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>During the meeting, the public servant allegedly assured Raja of &#8220;a favourable investigation&#8221; by using his personal influence over CBI officials and demanded a bribe of Rs 3 crore, with Rs 1.5 crore to be paid in advance.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Officials said Raja arranged Rs 1 crore through a hawala channel and handed it over to Singh. Of this amount, Singh allegedly passed Rs 50 lakh to another intermediary, Prabhat, who was known to the suspected public servant.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>&#8220;Accused Pradeep Kumar Singh kept the remaining Rs 25 lakh in his office. Thereafter, on June 8, 2026, accused Rajkumar and Pradeep Kumar Singh were apprehended,&#8221; an official said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The CBI is continuing its investigation and examining the involvement of all those linked to the alleged bribery network.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/delhi\/rs-3-crore-deal-to-influence-cbi-probe-delhi-police-inspector-arrested-in-bribery-case\/articleshow\/131637724.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The CBI on Wednesday arrested a Delhi Police Crime Branch inspector and a middleman for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 3 crore from a Puducherry-based businessman in exchange for influencing an ongoing probe into a fake drug manufacturing case, according to news agency PTI.The arrested accused have been identified as Crime Branch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-delhi"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}