The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, Puducherry and a man who liaised for him, in a bribery case.
A press note said the CBI had registered a case following allegations that the accused Assistant Labour Commissioner, Ramesh Kumar, and R. Elango, had demanded ₹1 lakh as illegal gratification for issuing two labour licences to a private company, which had undertaken an NHAI road contract in Tiruchi.
For the said contract, the company had applied for two labour licences at the office of Assistant Labour Commissioner (Central), Puducherry. Since the company did not have the labour licence, its payment was pending with the NHAI.
After registration of the case, the accused public servant Ramesh Kumar and Elango (through whom the bribe was demanded) were intercepted and an amount of ₹1 lakh was recovered from the office chamber of Ramesh Kumar. The duo was arrested and produced before the court in Puducherry and remanded to judicial custody till September 4.
The CBI also conducted searches at the official and residential premises of the accused public servant and premises of the private company at Theni in Tamil Nadu which led to recovery of incriminating documents. A search in the native place of the accused public servant in Rajasthan is under progress, the press note said.
Published – August 22, 2025 08:42 pm IST
