Overview

• The CBI says a tip-off led to a trap in which Rahul Bachate was stopped after a delivery at Rawat’s home and admitted handing Rs 9 lakh to the officer’s wife.
• Searches at the residence recovered the alleged bribe plus Rs 7.5 lakh in unexplained cash, according to the agency.
• At the PESO office, an agent was found with Rs 8 lakh in a vehicle, and an architect acknowledged bringing Rs 1.5 lakh for another public servant.
• In total, investigators seized about Rs 26 lakh along with chat records and lists of PESO applications described as incriminating.
• Rawat and a private individual were produced before the Special CBI Court in Thane, which granted five days of police custody as scrutiny widens to other officials.