New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has lodged an FIR against an Under Secretary in the Ministry of Health for allegedly demanding bribe from a US-based Indian person for issuing a Statement of Need from the ministry.The individual wanted the Statement of Need for official purposes. A senior CBI official said that they got a complaint in this regard on April 4 from one Ram Gulam, a resident of Ballabhgarh in Faridabad. Gulam alleged that his friend Yashpal Chokker's son Aditya Chokker, who lives in the US, had applied for a Statement of Need from the Ministry of Health.Sonu Kumar, an Under Secretary, Ministry of Health, demanded a bribe from him in exchange for issuing the Statement of Need."The complainant has enclosed the printout of the said certificate which was sent by Sonu Kumar to Yashpal Chokker through e-mail, which Yashpal then forwarded to the complainant on WhatApp. Chokker did not want to pay the demanded bribe," the CBI said.The official said that the FIR was lodged under Section 7 of the PC Act.
--IANS atk/pgh
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