Shahdol, August 29: A branch manager of Central Bank of India was today allegedly caught red-handed taking a bribe of Rs 12,000 from a farmer by the CBI at Shamatpur area in adjoining Anuppur district, sources said.
The CBI’s action came following a complaint lodged with them by one Siyaram Rathore stating that Bank’s Shamatpur branch manager A M Chincholkar was demanding Rs 12,000 bribe for issuing Kisan Credit Card to him, they added.
A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) laid a trap and caught and arrested Chincholkar taking the bribe at his office, sources said.
—Agencies