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Excise officials, lawyer apprehended by CBI

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Press Trust of India Purulia (WB)
Three persons - two excise officials and a lawyer were apprehended by CBI following a raid by its sleuths on the residences of the two officers.

CBI sources said the two were apprehended yesterday following a complaint by a bidi factory owner.

A trap was laid out and one of the officials and the lawyer, who was working for them, was caught red handed accepting bribe from the complainant.

The three were produced at the CBO court in Asansol. One of the officials was given bail for his ill health, while the other two were remaded to jail custody for 14 days, the sources added.

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First Published: May 22 2014 | 2:09 PM IST

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