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Former ED officer sentenced to three years' imprisonment in bribery case: CBI

A CBI court sentenced former ED officer Lalit Bazad to 3 years in jail for accepting a ₹5 lakh bribe. On deputation from CGST Chennai, Bazad threatened a businessman to extort money.

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NEW DELHI, 25 JULY

A special CBI court on Friday sentenced a former enforcement officer of the Enforcement Directorate to three years' imprisonment in a bribery case, officials said.

Lalit Bazad, who was on deputation from the Central Goods and Services Tax and Central Excise, Chennai, had accepted Rs 5 lakh bribe by threatening a businessman to harm his business and reputation by entangling him in endless legal proceedings.

The officer, who was posted in the Bengaluru unit of the agency, was also slapped with a fine of Rs 5.5 lakh by the special court, a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.