ED officer suspected in a bribery case probed by CBI, ED dies by suicide in Ghaziabad
The body of Alok Kumar Ranjan was found on a railway track in Sahibabad near Delhi on August 20
New Delhi, August 21
An Enforcement Directorate officer, who was under the scanner of ED and CBI in an alleged corruption case died by suicide.
The body of Alok Kumar Ranjan was found on a railway track in Sahibabad near Delhi on August 20.
Alok Kumar, a resident of Ghaziabad, was on deputation with the ED in New Delhi. Earlier, he had worked with the Income Tax department. He was questioned twice by CBI in the bribery case.
As per the case details, Alok Kumar Ranjan's name had cropped up in a bribery case after an assistant director of the ED, Sandeep Singh, was arrested by the CBI. The CBI received a complaint from a person that Singh had reportedly demanded Rs 50 lakhs for not arresting his son. The agency then laid a trap and Singh was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakhs in Delhi.
Singh allegedly also took bribe from a Mumbai jeweller whose store was raided by the Enforcement Directorate earlier. In the same case, Alok Ranjan was named as an accused along with Sandeep Singh in the FIR. Sandeep Singh was reportedly suspended following the case.
The police have shifted the ED officer's body to a mortuary for post-mortem and are probing the case to ascertain the reason behind the alleged suicide.
