The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrests the managing director of Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited (KAPL), Bengaluru, Anurag Danayak, after an alleged bribery trap in Noida, officials say. The CBI says Danayak demanded an undue advantage of about ₹15 lakh from a Madhya Pradesh-based firm, M/s Pharma Care, which acts as an authorised service agent for KAPL and supplies medicines to government institutions in the state. According to the agency, the demand is linked to pending processes including the renewal of the service agent agreement and consideration of additional institutions for the firm, for the current financial year, as well as a reported cut related to commission from medicine sales. The CBI states Danayak is caught red-handed while accepting ₹5 lakh as part payment of the total demanded amount. Searches are carried out at the accused’s residential and office premises in Bengaluru, Noida and Jabalpur, the sources report. The CBI says it seizes about ₹75 lakh in cash and foreign currency worth about ₹4 lakh, and also gold jewellery and coins along with property documents from Danayak’s Noida and Bengaluru locations.
CBI arrests KAPL managing director for alleged ₹5 lakh bribe in Madhya Pradesh service-agent deal
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrests the managing director of Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited (KAPL), Bengaluru, Anurag Danayak, after an alleged bribery trap in Noida,...
- CBI arrests KAPL Managing Director Anurag Danayak in Noida for an alleged bribery offence.
- CBI alleges the accused takes ₹5 lakh as part payment of a total demanded bribe of about ₹15 lakh.
- The bribe is demanded from M/s Pharma Care, described as an authorised service agent of KAPL supplying medicines to Madhya Pradesh government institutions.
- The alleged demand is connected to pending renewal/assignment-related steps for the service agent agreement and additional institutions.
- CBI conducts searches at locations in Bengaluru, Noida and Jabalpur and reports seizing cash, foreign currency, gold jewellery/coins and property documents.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the Managing Director of Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited (KAPL), Bengaluru, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, by laying a successful trap in a bribery case, at Noida, said officials on Thursday. The accused Managing Director Anurag Danayak had demanded an undue advantage of around Rs. 15 lakhs from a Bhopal-based firm, M/S Pharma Care which is an authorized service agent of KAPL and engaged in the supply of medicines to the government institutions in the State of Madhya Pradesh. The company procure medicines from KAPL and distribute medicines in Government Institutions.In every financial year the Service Agent Agreement executed with KAPL is renewed. The firm has already applied for renewal of the agreement for the year 2026-2027, which is pending for approval, and the officer was not renewing the agreement. The bribe amount was demanded for approving the Service Agent Agreement of the firm as well as an application for assigning additional institutions to the firm, which were pending for renewal for the current financial Year and as a cut on the commission received by the firm from the sale of medicines in the current year. The accused MD was caught red handed from Noida while accepting an undue advantage of Rs 5 Lakh as part payment of the demanded bribery amount of Rs 15 Lakh. Searches were conducted at the residential and office premises of the accused in Bengaluru, Noida and Jabalpur. Around Rs. 75 Lakh in cash and foreign currency worth Rs. 4 Lakh were seized from his Noida residence and office chamber in Bengaluru besides 697 grams gold jewellery, coins worth Rs 86 Lakh approximately and property document of the residential flat of the accused.Youth Stabbed In Road Rage, Another Attacked By Friend Over Petty Dispute In Bhopal
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