The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two individuals, including a Deputy General Manager of Oil India Ltd (OIL) from Duliajan, Assam, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 7 lakh, the agency announced on Monday.
According to the official press release issued by the CBI’s Information Section, the public servant used part of the bribe money to purchase gold worth Rs 3,73,550. The second arrested individual is the DGM (Sales & Marketing) of a private company based in Noida.
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The case was registered on May 3, 2025, against four accused, including the OIL Deputy General Manager, the Managing Director and DGM of the Noida-based private company, the company itself, and other unknown public servants. The CBI alleges that the accused engaged in corrupt activities by obtaining “undue advantage” in exchange for facilitating the issuance of work contracts and bill clearances for the private contractors and suppliers.
“It was alleged that the accused public servant demanded 70 grams of gold ornaments for himself as well as for some other unknown public servants from the accused DGM of the private company in lieu of awarding certain contracts,” the CBI stated in its release.
When the private company executive reportedly informed the public servant that he would be unable to purchase gold due to unspecified reasons, he allegedly arranged to deliver Rs 7 lakh in cash instead. After receiving this amount, the OIL official purchased gold coins worth Rs 3,73,550 from a shop in Noida and kept the remaining Rs 3.34 lakh with him.
The CBI laid a trap immediately after the transaction and caught the public servant “red-handed” with approximately Rs 3.34 lakh in cash and documents related to the gold purchase. Both accused were subsequently arrested and are scheduled to be produced before the Special Judge (CBI) at Ghaziabad on May 5, 2025.
Following the arrests, the investigative agency conducted searches at various locations in Delhi, Noida, Dibrugarh, and Tinsukia, which led to the recovery of the gold jewelry obtained as a bribe, over Rs 30 lakh in cash from private individuals, mobile devices, and several incriminating documents.