CBI files case against its own officer for recovery

NEW DELHI, Nov. 8 -- CBI has registered a case against one of its own officers for allegedly recovering five crore rupees from a Gujarat businessman.

Officials said on Friday that the officer made this recovery from the businessman by threatening the action of the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department. He said that after preliminary inquiry into the allegations, the agency registered an FIR in this regard.

What is the charge Officials said that it is alleged that Sunil Nair, who was then posted as Inspector in Gandhinagar, conspired with Kirit Madhubhai Paladia in February last year to recover money from businessman Shailesh Bhatt.

The agency alleged that Nair summoned Bhatt to the CBI's Gandhinagar office on February 5, ...