CBI apprehends UCO Bank official, filed case against DGM, OF

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended Garima Singh, Senior Manager and Branch Head of UCO Bank’s Kotwali Road branch in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, in connection with a bribery case involving Rs4 lakh.According to officials, a case was registered on September 1, 2025, after a businessman lodged a complaint. The complainant’s firm had availed a cash credit loan of Rs1 crore from the branch, of which only Rs90 lakh was disbursed. The remaining Rs10 lakh was allegedly withheld by Singh with mala fide intent to extract illegal gratification.
The complaint further alleged that when the businessman’s son visited the bank to secure the disbursement of the pending amount, Singh demanded a bribe of Rs 4 lakh — calculated as 4% of the sanctioned loan amount for releasing the withheld funds.Acting on the complaint, the CBI laid a trap and caught Singh red-handed, along with an accomplice, a private individual, while accepting Rs2 lakh as the first instalment of the demanded bribe.The CBI confirmed that both the accused were taken into custody and further investigation into the case is underway.

In another case, the CBI has filed a case against Deepak lamba the then Dy. General Manager, Ordnance Factory Ambajhari, Nagpur and conducted searches at 04 locations including the office and residential premises of the accused which led to the recovery of incriminating documents / articles including digital evidence. the FIR also included the names of Nagpur based private company and its Proprietor Mohit Tholia and other unknown public servants / private persons. As per CBI press release, Deepak lamba,while working and functioning as Dy. General Manager, OFAJ, Nagpur, established one proprietorship firm and by manipulating the terms and conditions of tenders, has given tenders to the said firm on the basis of forged/false experience certificate submitted by the firm. The said Dy. GM entered into multiple financial / banking transactions with the private firm through bank account of himself and his family members, it said. 

(Crime Correspondent)