The official was arrested from the UIDAI office in Delhi (file)
Kota, Rajasthan:
A Kota Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court sent a Deputy Director General (ADG) of the Single Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on remand for 15 days in a corruption case.
Pankaj Goyal was arrested on Tuesday by the Kota ACB from his office in New Delhi for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs one lakh to sanction an Aadhaar franchise.
The ADG was taken to court after his two-day pre-trial detention, said Chandrasheel Thakur, head of Kota ACB.
Finding that officials considered themselves to be the masters of the public (lokswami), Special Judge Pramod Kumar Malik rejected Pankaj Goyal’s request for bail.
The judge said corruption was a social evil and if those accused of such crimes were released on bail, it would not be possible to eradicate it.
Meanwhile, the anti-corruption body has identified a tout, Hemraj Tanwar, the official said.
A case has been registered against him, Thakur said, adding that the role of other officials in the department was also being verified.
He said the ACB would now take action against Hemraj Tanwar.
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