NASHIK, Apr 14: CBI, Anti-Corruption Bureau, registered an FIR against 15 officials, including Assistant Accounts Officers, Auditors, and clerks from the accounts office of a Defence establishment in Nashik.
They were accused of demanding and accepting 'undue advantage' from personnel for clearing their dues.
According to CBI, there were complaints about the officials from the Controller General of Defence Accounts, Pay & Accounts (ORS) Artillery/Army Aviation Centre Nashik, in connivance with other unknown officers posted at Record Office Artillery and AAC Nashik.
They were engaged in demanding and receiving undue advantage from army personnel in Nashik to make their payments.
Cases were registered against them with the CBI, ACB office in Mumbai under sections 61(2) of the BNS 2023, and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018.
Further investigations will be carried out in due course," the officer said.
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