Hyderabad: The CBI caught city-based Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute director S.L.N. Kumar red-handed while accepting a bribe and arrested him.
CBI officials said a case was registered against S.L.N. Kumar under the Prevention of Corruption Act for demanding a bribe of Rs15,000 from complainant Kandula Prabhakar. The MSME Institute is located in Balanagar.
The complainant, a resident of Khajaguda, is running a firm named Shylaja Enterprises.
The CBI said, “He demanded the bribe for submitting a clean report in connection with the application submitted in the complainant’s wife's name to the National Small Industries Corporation for participation in the Centre’s Stores Purchase Programme. The culprit was arrested on Friday and produced on Saturday in court. Later, searches were conducted at the residence of the accused, and Rs 3.76 lakh and promissory notes worth Rs 23 lakh were seized. The CBI also found signed blank cheques and incriminating documents.”
The complainant, Mr Prabhakar said, “After I submitted my application 20 days ago to the NSIC I received a call from S.L.N. Kumar that he had received information from the NSIC to inspect my firm and give a report. When I visited him he demanded a bribe of Rs 15,000 for inspection and submision of the report. He said that otherwise he would make adverse remarks. I expressed my inability to pay the bribe. He again called me. Finally I informed the CBI.”
Prabhakar’s wife, K. Shylaja, who owns Shylaja Enterprises, also filed a complaint with the CBI.
