Chandigarh, April 6 -- The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court framed charges against senior Indian administrative service (IAS) officer Paramjit Singh who is accused of allegedly taking a Rs.2 lakh bribe for recommending the name of an officer for promotion.

Charges have been framed under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The CBI had arrested Paramjit, the then director of Punjab Roadways in Chandigarh, in January 2022, for allegedly taking a Rs.2 lakh bribe for recommending the name of an officer (the complainant) for promotion to the post of general manager in the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC), CBI investigation found.

Public prosecutor for CBI, Narender Singh argued that the probe agency h...