Court grants bail to Chhattisgarh IAS officer, others
New Delhi May 4 (IANS) A court here on Thursday granted bail to suspended Chhattisgarh IAS officer B.L. Agrawal and others in a corruption case.
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal granted bail to Agrawal Anand Agrawal Syed Burhanuddin and Bhagwan Singh asking them to furnish a personal bond of Rs 100 000 and a surety of like amount each.
On April 20 the CBI chargesheeted the four accused.
Agrawal an Indian Administrative Service officer and then state Principal Secretary (Higher Education) was arrested by the CBI on February 21 on charges of trying to settle a case being probed by the central agency.
Hyderabad-based Burhanuddin was arrested on February 23 for helping Agrawal to settle the case.
Bhagwan Singh a resident of Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh was also accused in the case.
The CBI registered an FIR on February 18 against the accused officer Singh Burhanuddin and others on the charge of criminal conspiracy and under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The CBI claimed that Agrawal agreed to pay Rs 1.5 crore to Burhanuddin as gratification for helping him in a pending case.
--IANS
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