CBI raids Vigilance: Who is arrested BJP leader linked to Punjab Vigilance Bureau office searches ?

CBI raids Vigilance: In a significant crackdown on corruption, the CBI conducted raids at Punjab Vigilance Bureau office in Mohali late Monday night, exposing a major misconduct. The CBI arrested three persons, including two private middlemen and an associate, in connection with a Rs 20 lakh bribery case linked to officials posted in the Punjab Vigilance Bureau.

According to an official CBI press release issued on May 12,  the case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by a Punjab State Tax Officer. The complainant alleged that the accused, identified as Vikas alias Vicky Goyal and his son Raghav Goyal, demanded illegal gratification of Rs 20 lakh for securing closure of a complaint pending against him in the office of the Director General (Vigilance), Punjab.

Searches conducted at the residential premises of Raghav Goyal in Malout and OP Rana in Chandigarh led to the recovery of Rs 9 lakh cash and several incriminating documents, the CBI said.

According to the reports, the CBI conducted a raid at a five-star hotel in Chandigarh, where OP Rana, Reader to the DG Vigilance and middlemen Raghav Goyal along with his father Vikas Goyal were allegedly negotiating a deal with a complainant.

It is being reported that the action was taken by the CBI in connection with an alleged bribery case linked to the Punjab Vigilance Bureau. The federal probe agency had reportedly been receiving information about this deal for a long time, following which the CBI laid a trap and conducted the operation.

This is first time in the history of Punjab that a state investigating agency itself is being raided by central agency due to corruption charges. 

An FIR has been registered against reader OP Rana and Raghav Goyal under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act), according to the CBI officials.