CBI Crackdown on Corruption: ASI Officials Arrested in Bribery Case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two officials from the Archaeological Survey of India for allegedly accepting bribes to revoke an official notice regarding construction at Jantar Mantar. A separate arrest involved two municipal corporation employees accused of demanding bribes to prevent action against illegal construction.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended two officials from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) over alleged bribery, according to officials on Friday.

Reportedly, a monument attendant and a conservation assistant at the Jantar Mantar sub-circle of ASI were involved in a case where a bribe sum of Rs 3,50,000 was demanded to cancel an official notice.

The CBI, acting on a complaint, set up a sting operation on April 1, resulting in the arrest of the accused while they were accepting a partial payment of Rs 1,00,000 from the complainants, exposing the corruption within the ASI ranks.