CBI arrests Dy Director SFIO for demanding ₹1 cr bribe to favour in DHFL loan scam case
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- ✓The CBI arrested Harish Kumar Tanwar, a Deputy Director at the SFIO, for demanding a ₹1 crore bribe on October 15, 2026.
- ✓Officials said he sought money to favour a person in the DHFL loan scam.
- ✓The agency caught him and two others after they got ₹20 lakh as payment.
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After nabbing a defence public sector undertaking officer, the CBI has picked up an IRS officer of Income Tax of 2017 batch posted as Dy Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), at Chennai on charges of demanding a bribe of ₹1 crore for granting favour DHFL loan scam-linked case.
Harish Kumar Tanwar, his conduit Delhi-based advocate Bharat Sharma and his relative Aryan Sharma, were arrested by the CBI for allegedly receiving ₹20 lakh as part payment of the bribe, the officials alleged.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR following allegation that Tanwar and Sharma allegedly demanded ₹1 crore from a complainant for allegedly favouring him in an SFIO investigation in the case linked to the ₹34,000-crore DHFL loan fraud, a agency spokesperson said in a statement.
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