B.K.Bansal
Director-General of Corporate Affairs in Union Government

BK Bansal also Bal Kishan Bansal (born 1953) was Director-General of Corporate Affairs in Union Government. He died on 27 September 2016, after accusing 3 CBI officers of torture in his suicide note.[1] His 25-year-old son Yogesh Bansal also killed himself on the same day at their residence in Neelkanth Apartments in East Delhi.[2][3]

Arrest in Bribery

BK Bansal was arrested on alleged charges of accepting bribe of Rs 9 lakh.[4] He was accused of attempt to scuttle a probe against a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company.[5] Bansal's wife Satyabala, aged 58, daughter Neha, aged 28, committed suicide on 19 July 2016,[6] after Bansal was sent to CBI custody.[7] A special CBI court had later granted him bail in August.[8]

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References

  1. "BK Bansal, senior bureaucrat, commits suicide along with his son at his Delhi residence". The Indian Express. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. "In suicide note ex-Bureaucrat BK Bansal accuses 3 CBI officers for driving family to commit suicide". Firstpost. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. "Former Corporate Affairs Director General BK Bansal commits suicide". The Economic Times. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. "Suicide wipes out CBI-raided family". Imran Ahmed Siddiqui. The Telegraph India. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 28, 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. "On bail in graft case, former Corporate Affairs DG BK Bansal and son commit suicide". The New Indian Express. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. "Bureaucrat held in graft case: CBI opposes Bansal's bail, court to pronounce order today". The Indian Express. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. "Corporate Ministry official Bansal believed life must go on". The Times of India. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  8. "Court grants bail to Bansal in graft case". The Times of India. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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