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Chennai: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a deputy director-level officer of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Ministry of Corporate Affairs, posted in Chennai, along with a Delhi-based advocate and his kin for allegedly demanding a ₹1 crore bribe to favour a complainant in an investigation into the DHFL scam. CBI arrested Harish Kumar Tanwar, a 2017-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer currently posted as deputy director of SFIO in Chennai, advocate Bharat Sharma of New Delhi, and Aryan Sharma, a relative of the advocate. CBI verified the complaint, registered the case on Tuesday, laid a trap and arrested the three accused after the advocate allegedly received ₹20 lakh from the complainant on behalf of the SFIO officer.
Gopal Shivram Dalvi submitted a written complaint to CBI on Monday (Oct 12), alleging that Tanwar, Sharma, and others demanded a bribe of ₹1 crore by threatening to arrest and prosecute him in connection with an investigation into the DHFL scam being conducted by the SFIO Chennai, according to an FIR. CBI also conducted searches at the premises of Tanwar and the advocate and recovered incriminating material related to the case. The case has been registered under the BNS for criminal conspiracy and the Prevention of Corruption Act. The investigation has been entrusted to Shakti Kumar, inspector of police, CBI’s Anti-Corruption Branch-III, New Delhi.