The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Branch Manager and Tout/Bank Mitra of Bank of Baroda, Nonari Bujurg Branch, District- Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh in a bribery case.
The case was registered on 03.06.2026 on the basis of a complaint alleging that complainant obtained a loan of Rs. 10,00,000 under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) from Bank of Baroda, Nonari Bujurg Branch, Distt- Kanpur Dehat, UP for setting up a solar flour mill in December, 2023.
After the completion of two years, the complainant obtained the requisite documents which were necessary for claiming interest subsidy under Pt. Deendayal Gramodyog Rojgar Yojana from the aforesaid bank branch and further received the first installment of interest subsidy in his account.
It was further alleged that when the complainant again approached the Branch Manager for the requisite documents for claiming interest subsidy under Pt. Deendayal Gramodyog Rojgar Yojana, the accused Branch Manager demanded an undue advantage of Rs. 25,000 through the Tout/Bank Mitra in the said bank branch, from the complainant as a bribe for issuing the said requisite documents and threatened him that his requisite documents for interest subsidy will not be issued if the demanded bribe is not paid.
The CBI laid a trap on 04.06.2026 and caught the accused Tout red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs.15,000 on behalf of the accused Branch Manager from the complainant.
Subsequently, the accused Branch Manager and Tout/Bank Mitra have been arrested and will be produced before the Competent Court in Lucknow. Investigation is continuing and more details will be released soon.
In another update, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Branch Manager, SBI, Dumaria Branch, Godda, Jharkhand on 01.06.2026, in a bribery case.
The CBI registered the case on 31.05.2026 on allegations that the branch manager demanded Rs.60,000 as bribe for processing the claim under the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana policy amounting to Rs.2,00,000 pertaining to the complainant’s deceased mother.
The accused had also demanded an additional bribe of Rs.17,000 to remove the hold on the withdrawal of Rs.35,000 after transfer of the bank account of the complainant’s mother in favour of the complainant.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs. 77,000 from the complainant.
