CBI arrests SFIO officer in Rs1 crore bribery case linked to DHFL scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three persons, including an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer working as deputy director with the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in Chennai, an Advocate, in an alleged Rs1 crore bribery case.The arrests were made after the advocate allegedly received an undue advantage of ₹20 lakh from the complainant as part payment of the demanded bribe of Rs1 crore, for and on behalf of the SFIO officer, CBI officers said on Thursday.Officers identified the arrested are-IRS-IT officer of 2017 batch Harish Kumar Tanwar, Delhi-based lawyer Bharat Sharma and his relative Aryan Sharma.
All three were booked for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs1 crore from a person who was under an SFIO investigation in connection with an alleged cheating case involving Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL). Tanwar was the investigating officer in the case.After verifying the allegations of a bribe demand and registering the case, the CBI laid a trap and arrested Tanwar, Bharat and Aryan.During the course of searches conducted at the premises of the Public Servant and the Advocate, incriminating material related to the case has been recovered.  
According to information, DHFL had come under the scanner of the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in March 2019 over allegedly suspicious transactions in 2018 involving the company and private bank Yes Bank. The ministry of corporate affairs had scrutinised allegations of financial irregularities against the firm through the Registrar of Companies, after which it directed the SFIO to probe the allegations. The case is linked to the DHFL loan fraud, in which alleged irregularities involving loans worth around Rs34,000 crore came under scrutiny.