The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended a Deputy Director General from the Airworthiness Directorate of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Headquarters in New Delhi, along with a representative of a private company, in connection with a bribery case involving Rs 2.5 lakh. The CBI initiated the arrest after registering a case against the Deputy Director General, Mudavath Devula, for soliciting a bribe. The official was accused of seeking unlawful benefits from private individuals in exchange for expediting approvals and permissions pending with the DGCA.
Following the registration of the case, the CBI conducted searches at various locations in Delhi, leading to the confiscation of cash amounting to Rs 37 lakh, as well as gold, silver coins, and electronic devices. In a separate incident, the CBI apprehended three bank officials, including the chief manager, in Andhra Pradesh’s Eluru district while they were accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000. The arrested individuals from the Indian Bank branch in Eluru were identified as Banavatu Nagu, Chief Manager; Annumalasetty N. Kumarm, Clerk-Cum-Cashier; and Krishna Prasad, Gold Appraiser.
The bank officials were caught red-handed by CBI officials after demanding and receiving the bribe from a complainant. The case was registered following the complainant’s allegation that they were coerced into paying the bribe to secure approval for their sanctioned Cash Credit limit. The complainant, who operates an auto agency in Eluru, had been granted an Open Cash Credit limit of Rs 50 lakh by the Narasimharaopeta Branch of Indian Bank in Eluru.
