Ghaziabad, April 02: A branch manager of Union Bank of India, who was arrested in Muzaffarnagar for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a farmer, has been sent to 14 days judicial custody by a special CBI court here.
UBI branch manager J P Gupta was produced last evening in the court which sent him to judicial custody.
Gupta was arrested by a special CBI team on March 28 for allegedly accepting the bribe from a farmer Ramanand, officials said. He was apprehended at his office after the agency received a complaint from the farmer that the bank manager was demanding bribe for releasing home loan.
The CBI had also raided his residence and seized unaccounted cash worth Rs 1,50,000 and other documents.
—Pti