According to the CBI, in the first case, reliable source information had revealed that some granting officers (GO) and verifying officers posted at PSK, Lower Parel under the Regional Passport Office are indulging in collusive corruption.
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered two separate fresh cases of corruption against Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) officials and others.
According to the CBI, in the first case, reliable source information had revealed that some granting officers (GO) and verifying officers posted at PSK, Lower Parel under the Regional Passport Office are indulging in collusive corruption. They were allegedly in regular contact with passport facilitation agents and conspired with them to obtain undue advantage in lieu of issuance of passport based on fake/forged documents or changing the personal particular of applicants in their passports.
“Sources informed that some of the officers are receiving the bribe directly in their bank accounts or the bank accounts of their family members from agents. Some are in touch with agents who are indulging in preparation of fake passports by compromising the national security of our country,” said a CBI official.
CBI Conducts A Surprise Check
Later, a CBI team conducted a surprise check on June 26, at the PSK office and mobile phones of the suspect officers were analyzed and after perusal of WhatsApp chats/ message/UPI ID activities various suspicious transactions were found. Prima facie it is revealed that the public servants indulged in corrupt practices and demanding and accepting undue advantages in lieu of their official work.