India, March 24 -- The Mumbai unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked an official of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and others, including two employees of a state-based dairy cooperative, in an alleged corruption case related to the demand and acceptance of bribes worth several lakhs, for settling PF claims.

The CBI's case was registered recently based on a complaint from the PF office, Kandivali East, which also alleged that in all, 67 PF claims worth Rs.2.29 crore were detected to have been erroneously settled and are under scrutiny. The agency booked two employees of the dairy cooperative, apart from unknown public servants/private persons and the EPFO official, who was earlier posted at the Kan...