<p>New Delhi: The CBI has arrested an assistant provident fund commissioner and an enforcement officer of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Lucknow in connection with a Rs 8-lakh bribery case, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>In an operation conducted late on Tuesday night, a middleman was also arrested, they said.</p>.<p>"Searches are being conducted at four locations in Lucknow at the official and residential premises of the accused," a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson said in a statement.</p>.UP court sentences man to 10 year rigorous imprisonment in rape case.<p>A complaint was received against the accused that they had allegedly demanded Rs 12 lakh through a consultant and the arrested middleman for "not imposing tax in an improper way on a private company engaged in supply of manpower," the spokesperson said.</p>.<p>The information was verified and a trap was laid. The accused enforcement officer and the middleman were caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh, he said.</p>.<p>The bribe was allegedly meant for the assistant provident fund commissioner, EPFO, Lucknow. He has also been arrested, the spokesperson said.</p>.<p>"The arrested accused will be produced before the special judge for CBI cases, Lucknow," he said. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The CBI has arrested an assistant provident fund commissioner and an enforcement officer of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), Lucknow in connection with a Rs 8-lakh bribery case, officials said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>In an operation conducted late on Tuesday night, a middleman was also arrested, they said.</p>.<p>"Searches are being conducted at four locations in Lucknow at the official and residential premises of the accused," a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson said in a statement.</p>.UP court sentences man to 10 year rigorous imprisonment in rape case.<p>A complaint was received against the accused that they had allegedly demanded Rs 12 lakh through a consultant and the arrested middleman for "not imposing tax in an improper way on a private company engaged in supply of manpower," the spokesperson said.</p>.<p>The information was verified and a trap was laid. The accused enforcement officer and the middleman were caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 8 lakh, he said.</p>.<p>The bribe was allegedly meant for the assistant provident fund commissioner, EPFO, Lucknow. He has also been arrested, the spokesperson said.</p>.<p>"The arrested accused will be produced before the special judge for CBI cases, Lucknow," he said. </p>