New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) A Delhi court has taken cognisance of a CBI chargesheet against a former NDMC store in-charge and two other officials for allegedly taking a Rs 4,000 bribe to release a juice vendor’s seized carts, and summoned them for November 20.
Special Judge Shelly Arora, in an order dated October 6, took cognisance of offences under Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (criminal conspiracy) and the Prevention of Corruption Act provision regarding a public servant accepting or attempting to obtain an “undue advantage” (bribe) against accused Vinay Kumar, Satish and Rajesh.
The court took cognisance of the substantive offences under the anti-corruption law against Kumar and Satish. Against Rajesh, cognisance was taken for the offence under Section 61(2) of the BNS (sets the punishment for criminal conspiracy based on how serious the planned crime is) read with Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act (offence relating to a public servant being bribed).
According to the CBI, the case stems from a complaint by Farman Ali, a resident of Sarojini Nagar, whose two juice carts were taken away on December 3, 2025, from Sarojini Nagar Market by an enforcement inspector of the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
Ali alleged that he was told to approach Vinay Kumar, the Store In-charge of the NDMC godown at Laxmi Bai Nagar, where the carts were kept. Kumar allegedly demanded a bribe for releasing them.
He then approached the CBI on December 8, 2025.
During verification of the complaint, the agency recorded a conversation in which Kumar allegedly demanded Rs 4,000, following which Rajesh, a Palika Sahayak, allegedly negotiated the amount down to Rs 3,000, but Kumar eventually insisted on Rs 4,000 to be paid the same day.
The CBI registered an FIR on December 9, 2025, and laid a trap.
According to the chargesheet, when Ali arrived with the money, he was first asked to hand it to Rajesh. On being told that Rajesh was not available, he was redirected to another NDMC employee, Satish, to whom the money was allegedly handed over on Kumar’s behalf.
After the pre-decided signal, the final report said that the CBI team rushed in and caught Satish by the wrists, and his fingers turned pink when dipped in a sodium carbonate solution, which is used in such trap proceedings to detect contact with chemically pre-treated currency notes.
A personal search did not yield the money, the chargesheet said, adding that on Satish’s disclosure, however, during questioning, the money was recovered from an iron ‘kadhai’ kept in the washroom of the store.
The serial numbers of the notes matched those recorded in the pre-trap memorandum, the CBI said.
Kumar and Satish were arrested and taken to the CBI office. Rajesh was also named in the chargesheet but was not arrested.
The agency alleged that Rajesh acted in collusion with the others in the demand and acceptance of the bribe.
The court noted that prosecution sanctions had been granted by the chairperson of the NDMC against all three accused.
“Considering the nature of allegations, in the light of documents placed on record, having gone through the statements of the witnesses and other material including the transcription of conversations recorded during verification and laying of the trap, filed by the prosecuting agency as part of the chargesheet, this Court takes cognisance of the offences…,” the court said.
It summoned the accused persons on November 20. PTI MNR MNR KSS
KSS
This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.