Overview

• CBI agents caught Deputy Registrar Charan Pratap Singh and intermediary Karsan Ganesh Ahir accepting a negotiated Rs3 lakh payoff on May 29.
• The intermediary was nabbed red-handed during the trap exchange with Rs1 lakh in genuine currency and the rest in dummy notes.
• Authorities say Singh initially demanded Rs3.5 lakh in undue advantage to leverage his NCLT contacts for case settlement.
• The investigation was launched on May 14 after a hotel owner filed a complaint about a dispute with his brothers over property rights.
• Investigators are conducting coordinated searches at the accused’s residences in Mumbai and Lucknow as the probe continues.