CBI arrests RoC Chennai in a bribery case

CBI today arrested Registrar of Companies Chennai for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a noted industrialist M A M Ramaswamy who has been accused of bribing the official in connection with a meeting of his corporate group tomorrow.

CBI officials arrested Manuneethi Cholan, RoC, but did not take the 83-year-old industrialist, a former MP, in view of his age, the agency sources said.

Earlier CBI had said that Ramaswamy was also arrested but later officials clarified that he was not arrested.

"The bribe was allegedly paid to declare the proceedings of Annual General Body Meeting, scheduled tomorrow, null and void. The meeting was purportedly aimed at removing the industrialist from the Chairmanship of the companies owned by him," CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad said here today.