Subramani was earlier posted in Goa! FN Customs commissioner held for bribing police officer
>From Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A top customs officer and his colleague have been arrested for trying to bribe a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer. P. Subramani, who was posted as commissioner of Central Excise in Cochin, and Inspector Dharmendra Gautam were arrested for offering a bribe of Rs.50,000 to a CBI Inspector. CBI officials said Tuesday the agency was conducting an enquiry against Subramani and he had tried to circumvent this by offering a bribe of Rs.100,000. Subramani asked Gautam, who was posted at Goa, to approach the CBI official conducting the enquiry. "The official informed us and we laid a trap. The two were caught while they were offering the first instalment of the bribe. Gautam was arrested red handed while the commissioner, who was waiting at another place, was caught later," CBI officials said. --Indo-Asian News Service New Maharashtra governor to take over on October 10 >From Indo Asian News Service Mumbai, Oct 1 (IANS) Goa governor Mohammad Fazal will October 10 assume office as governor of Maharashtra, the state government announced Tuesday. Fazal will take over from Mumbai High Court Chief Justice Chunilal Thakker, who was appointed acting governor after the previous incumbent, P. C. Alexander, resigned in July to contest an election to the Rajya Sabha. Fazal is a post-graduate from the London School of Economics. He served in the planning commission from April 1980 to January 1985 and was secretary in the ministry of industrial development in 1977. Fazal, who has had a distinguished career both in the private and public sectors resigned from government service in 1985. He took over as the governor of Goa on November 26, 1999. -Indo-Asian News Service ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To unsubscribe from Goanews Send a mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: 'unsubscribe goanews'
