New Delhi, Apr 23 (PTI) The CBI on Thursday arrested a reader in the court of an additional sessions judge in Tis Hazari court in an alleged bribery case, officials said.
The accused had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a lawyer for “facilitating the allowance of the bail application of her client”.
“The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested the accused Reader to ASJ-02, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant in a bribery case,” a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
The agency said it laid a trap after receiving a complaint and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting Rs 20,000 as part of the payment out of the total bribe of Rs 30,000. PTI ABS ABS APL APL
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