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Saturday, 16th Aug 2014, 4:40 PM IST A top official in the country’s censor board has come under the CBI scanner for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 70,000 for clearing a regional film. The agency searched his house and arrested an agent and advisory panel member. CBI sources said the agency is carrying out searches at the residence of Rakesh Kumar, CEO of Central Board of Film Certification, plus two other middlemen. An Indian Railways Personnel Officer (IRPS) Rakesh Kumar joined as CEO of CBFC in January 2014.
Sources informed, an authorised agent for censor certification had approached CBI alleging that another agent named Shripati Mishra has been demanding Rs 70,000 on behalf of Rakesh Kumar for issuing the censor certificate for a regional language film named ‘Mor Dauki Ke Bihav’,coming from Chhattisgarh. The producers of the film apparently wanted an urgent certificate as the date of the release of movie was on August 15, 2014.
After getting the complaint, CBI laid a trap at number of locations to catch the suspects red-handed. “Mishra was trapped while demanding and accepting of Rs. 70,000 on behalf of Rakesh Kumar, CEO, CBFC. Sarvesh Jaiswal, advisory panel member, CBFC, Mumbai was also nabbed while accepting the bribe amount on behalf of Kumar. Both these accused are arrested and will be produced in the competent court in due course of time,” a CBI official privy to the searches informed.
When contacted, CBI spokesperson said that the searches are going on at various locations including the residence and official premises of the suspects. Apparently, searches at the residences of Mishra, Jaiswal and Kumar are still going on. |