A legal head of a multinational company was arrested after being caught red-handed while offering a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to a policeman, according to officials. The sub-inspector in charge of a forgery case against officials of the company reported the bribe offer to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the police said.
The legal head of the company allegedly bribed the sub-inspector to help a senior official of the company who is an accused in the forgery case. The ACB set up a trap and arrested the accused.
The arrested individual has been identified as Atul Sood, legal head of Perfetti Van Melle, a multinational company that manufactures and distributes confectionery and gum. An FIR was registered against Sood at the ACB Police Station and he was later sent to judicial custody after being produced in court on Thursday.
The forgery case involves a sexual harassment complaint filed by a female HR head of the company against two admin officials. The woman was terminated by the company and her salary and other dues were sent to her bank account. Subsequently, a car previously provided by the company to the woman was transferred in her name using forged documents. The woman approached the police, and an FIR was registered against company officials for the alleged forgery.
The case was being investigated by Sub-Inspector Devi Charan, who filed a complaint with the ACB. He alleged that Atul Sood and another individual named Tiwari came to meet him and offered him a bribe to help senior officials accused in the case. The ACB registered an FIR based on his complaint and arrested Sood red-handed while he was handing over Rs 1 lakh to the sub-inspector. Sood was produced in court and sent to judicial custody.
