CBI Arrests Rourkela HPO Assistant Postmaster and Postal Agent in Bribery Case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended Biswaranjan Behera, an assistant postmaster at the Rourkela head post office (HPO) in Odisha's Sundargarh district. In a bribery case.
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Rourkela: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended Biswaranjan Behera, an assistant postmaster at the Rourkela head post office (HPO) in Odisha's Sundargarh district. In a bribery case.
The assistant postmaster was apprehended by a 10-member team from Bhubaneswar. Bimal Kumar Muduli, a postal agent, was also arrested in this case.
According to a source, Behera demanded Rs 2 lakh and accepted a bribe of Rs 50,000 from one Prabhasini Sutar via the agent Muduli to allow her to withdraw Rs 8 lakh from her own postal account for her husband's accidental death claim.
The assistant postmaster demanded Rs 2.5 lakh at first, but later settled for Rs 2 lakh.
Following the arrests, a CBI team led by DSP Dibakar Nanda and Inspector AK Nanda conducted raids on locations associated with Behera and Muduli.
