In an embarrassment to the CBI probing corruption cases, the agency has booked four of its functionaries, including two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DySPs) and an inspector, for allegedly misusing official position in favouring companies accused of bank fraud.
The case comes as an embarrassment for the CBI, as it is the prime agency conducting investigations into corruption cases and its own men have been caught derailing such cases.
After registering a case, the CBI on Thursday conducted searches at 14 locations, including in Delhi, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Meerut, Kanpur and Noida at the premises of the accused.
The CBI action comes against a CBI steno also and private persons, including lawyers, the agency said in a statement.
The CBI officials who are named in the FIR are DySPs R K Rishi and R K Sangwan, Inspector Kapil Dhankad and steno Samir Kumar Singh.
Rishi is posted in the CBI Academy in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, which is on the outskirts of the national capital, where the agency conducts training programmes for its officers for future roles. Officials from foreign countries are also trained in the Academy.
The FIR is registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act accusing them of "compromising the investigation of certain cases on extraneous pecuniary considerations".
Sources said the agency received a tip-off about some officials being approached by middle-men for the accused in bank fraud cases and offering money to derail the probe.
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