Court rejects CBI's plea to close corruption case

The court directed CBI to further probe the case in which an Assistant Engineer and a Junior Engineer of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) were accused of giving Rs one lakh bribe to complainant Sant Ram who had sought information regarding submersible and mono-block pumps installed from 2004 to 2011.

DJB's Assistant Engineer Sushil Kumar Jain and Junior Engineer P K Sharma were arrested by CBI sleuths on September 29 last year when they gave the bribe to Sant Ram and had also got a note signed from the complainant to the effect that 'he had received the RTI information as sought for".

CBI had filed the closure report on July 5 this year saying in such instances, the Prevention of Corruption Act is "inapplicable since the bribe was paid to a private individual and not a public servant". (more)