Archive · 12 Nov 2025
CBI Nabs Two for Impersonation, Bribery Racket Involving Senior Officials
Imagine two people who pretended to be very important government officials, even higher up than police or tax checkers.
They told people they knew powerful people and could help them if they got in trouble with the law.
One businessman, who was in trouble with the tax department, gave these two people money, 18 lakh rupees, to make his problem go away.
The CBI, which is like a special detective agency, caught them when they were receiving the bribe money.
They also found a lot of other money, gold, property papers, and fancy cars in their homes.
These two people used fake identities to trick people and get money illegally.
CBI arrested Ajit Kumar Patra and Minku Lal Jain for operating an impersonation and bribery racket.
The accused allegedly impersonated high-ranking government officials to intimidate and manipulate targets.
They demanded and received Rs 18 lakhs in bribe money to allegedly settle a case with the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI).
The CBI recovered Rs 18 lakhs in bribe money along with Rs 3.7 crore in cash, gold, property documents, and luxury vehicles.
The racket involved using false identities to gain undue favors and illegal gratification.
- Who
- Ajit Kumar Patra and Minku Lal Jain
- What
- Arrested for running a sophisticated impersonation and bribery racket.
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- New Delhi
- Why
- Allegedly impersonated senior government officials and demanded bribes to settle cases and gain undue favors.
Accused Stance
CBI Allegations
Involvement with DGGI Case
Accused Stance
The accused claimed they could settle a DGGI case for Rs 18 lakhs.
CBI Allegations
The accused demanded and received Rs 18 lakhs from Vinod Parihar to purportedly settle a Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) case.
Nature of Operations
Accused Stance
The accused were running a racket to gain undue favors.
CBI Allegations
The accused impersonated high-ranking officials and used name-dropping to manipulate targets for bribery.
- Accused Names
- Ajit Kumar Patra and Minku Lal Jain
- Bribe Amount Recovered
- Rs 18 lakhs
- Cash Seized
- Rs 3.7 crore
- Gold Seized
- 1 kg
- Property Documents Seized
- 26
- Vehicles Seized
- 4 luxury vehicles, 12 other vehicles
- Related Case
- Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) case involving Vinod Parihar