Satish Aditya

Motihari :  A CBI team from Patna  on February 1, 2022, arrested Deepak Kumar Chaudhary, Customs Superintendent, Motihari, in East Champaran District in North Bihar, and the Data Operator Anand Kumar, here  while accepting a bribe of Rs 90,000 from a truck owner.

CBI Inspector, Ashish Pandey,a member of the CBI team, said that one Rinku Kumar Jaiswal had lodged a complaint against Customs Sperintendent Chaudhary with the agency at Patna office. Both the arrested Customs personnel were taken to Patna by the CBI team.

According to CBI sources, truck owner  Rinku Kumar Jaiswal, a native of village Jamunia under Dhaka police station (PS) in  East Champaran, had lodged a complaint with the  CBI office at Patna alleging that his  truck was seized by Motihari Custom  Sperintendent as he had not deposited  the GST of loaded goods on truck.  Later on, he  paid the  GST but  Chaudhary was not releasing his truck and was demanding  Rs 90,000 as bribe . The CBI verified his allegation  and thereafter laid a trap to arrest the Customs officials.