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CBI arrests postal office assistant for Rs 25,000 bribe
The CBI is a special police agency in India that investigates serious crimes.
In one case, a worker at a post office in Unnao was arrested for taking a bribe.
A bribe is money given secretly to make someone do something for you, which is against the law.
The worker took Rs 25,000 from a person who had received a government loan to open a bakery.
The worker was supposed to verify the bakery so the person could get a loan subsidy, which is government help to repay the loan.
The police set a trap and caught the worker with the money.
In another case in Karnataka, two post office workers were arrested for taking about Rs 1.3 crore from the savings accounts of 44 people without permission.
They are accused of fraud and cheating.
Now courts will decide what happens to the people who were arrested.
The CBI arrested a postal office assistant at Bighapur Post Office in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, for accepting a Rs 25,000 bribe.
The bribe was demanded from a loan applicant under the PMEGP scheme for verification of his bakery unit for a loan subsidy.
The complainant had availed a Rs 10,00,000 loan from Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank in Bhagwant Nagar, with a Rs 3,49,500 subsidy credited.
The CBI laid a trap and apprehended the accused red-handed; a Special CBI Court in Lucknow will decide custody matters.
In a separate Karnataka case, two postal employees were arrested for allegedly misappropriating around Rs 1.3 crore from the savings accounts of 44 account holders at Saragur Post Office in Mysuru district.
- Who
- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an unnamed postal office assistant in Unnao and two postal department employees in Karnataka.
- What
- Arrests for alleged bribery and fund misappropriation: a Rs 25,000 bribe under the PMEGP scheme and around Rs 1.3 crore taken from Post Office Savings Accounts.
- Where
- Bighapur Post Office in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, and Saragur Post Office in Mysuru district, Karnataka; custody matters to be decided by a Special CBI Court in Lucknow.
- When
- The Unnao arrest occurred on Saturday; the Karnataka fraud case was registered in March 2026.
- Why
- The assistant allegedly demanded and accepted a bribe for loan subsidy verification, and the Karnataka employees allegedly misappropriated funds from 44 savings accounts through fraud.
Key facts
- Investigating agency
- Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
- Bribe amount accepted
- Rs 25,000
- Bribe amount demanded
- Rs 35,000
- Loan amount
- Rs 10,00,000
- Subsidy credited
- Rs 3,49,500
- Scheme
- Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP)
- Misappropriated funds (Karnataka)
- Around Rs 1.3 crore
- Savings accounts affected
- 44 account holders
Sources
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