Overview
- Brij Mohan Meena, a former deputy superintendent in the CBI’s bank-fraud unit, now faces a case registered on April 30 alleging illicit assets of ₹98.63 lakh that the agency says are 87.84% beyond known income for September 2021 to December 2024.
- The new case names Meena’s wife and cites large deposits in a family member’s bank accounts, which investigators say indicate active knowledge of the suspected gains.
- The filing followed a complaint submitted on April 28 by a CBI inspector who reviewed Meena’s finances while assisting the earlier probe into his conduct.
- In December 2024, the CBI booked Meena and others on bribery charges of about ₹5 crore and then searched 20 locations across Mumbai, Jaipur, Kolkata and New Delhi, recovering ₹55 lakh in cash, property papers showing ₹1.78 crore in investments and records of ₹1.63 crore in transactions.
- Meena served in the Mumbai Bank Securities and Fraud Branch, which handles major bank-fraud cases, and the CVC’s 2024 report shows many disciplinary cases pending against CBI officers, underscoring ongoing oversight challenges.