CBI arrests seven in Rs 19.96L bribery case for varsity tender in Odisha
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By IANS
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Sunday mentioned they’ve arrested seven people, together with the proprietor of a non-public firm, non-public individuals, and the manager secretary to the CMD of Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd in an alleged bribery case involving Rs 19.96 lakh for securing an undue favour in acquiring the tender for Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) in Odisha.
A senior CBI official said {that a} case was registered towards Hetal Kumar Pravinchandra Rajyaguru, the proprietor of a Gujarat-based agency in addition to Shashank Kumar Jain, a resident of Kolkata; Somesh Chandra from Noida; Veer Thakkar from Mumbai; Rajiv Ranjan, Tarang Agarwal, and Ashish Razdan, the manager secretary to the CMD of Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd, together with unknown public servants from Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd and different non-public people.
The allegations advised a conspiracy amongst these accused to safe the EMRS tender for the non-public firm in alternate for unlawful gratification to unknown public servants at Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd in Kolkata. The CBI investigation revealed that Shashank Kumar Jain, a resident of Kolkata, was demanding a bribe on behalf of unknown officers at Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd. He was looking for a bribe from Hetal Kumar Pravinchandra Rajyaguru and one other non-public particular person in alternate for favouring their firm within the tender course of. Rajyaguru had assured to ship Rs 20 lakh to Jain for the general public servant at Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.
“A trap was set, and after the delivery of the bribe amount to the said private person in Kolkata through an alleged Hawala channel, both the private individuals were apprehended. An alleged bribe amount of Rs 19.96 lakh was recovered from their possession,” the official said.
Further investigation revealed that this bribe was allegedly supposed for the manager secretary to the CMD of Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd (a public servant). The mentioned government secretary and different non-public people had been additionally arrested.
Searches had been performed at numerous areas, together with Kolkata, Delhi, Noida, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Rajkot, on the premises of the accused, resulting in the restoration of a number of incriminating paperwork, digital proof, and money amounting to Rs 26.60 lakh.
“Hetal Kumar Pravinchandra Rajyaguru was presented before a special CBI court in Ahmedabad and has been remanded to CBI’s custody until September 21. The remaining arrested accused will be produced before the Competent Court,” the official added.
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Sunday mentioned they’ve arrested seven people, together with the proprietor of a non-public firm, non-public individuals, and the manager secretary to the CMD of Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd in an alleged bribery case involving Rs 19.96 lakh for securing an undue favour in acquiring the tender for Eklavya Model Residential School (EMRS) in Odisha.
A senior CBI official said {that a} case was registered towards Hetal Kumar Pravinchandra Rajyaguru, the proprietor of a Gujarat-based agency in addition to Shashank Kumar Jain, a resident of Kolkata; Somesh Chandra from Noida; Veer Thakkar from Mumbai; Rajiv Ranjan, Tarang Agarwal, and Ashish Razdan, the manager secretary to the CMD of Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd, together with unknown public servants from Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd and different non-public people.
The allegations advised a conspiracy amongst these accused to safe the EMRS tender for the non-public firm in alternate for unlawful gratification to unknown public servants at Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd in Kolkata. The CBI investigation revealed that Shashank Kumar Jain, a resident of Kolkata, was demanding a bribe on behalf of unknown officers at Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd. He was looking for a bribe from Hetal Kumar Pravinchandra Rajyaguru and one other non-public particular person in alternate for favouring their firm within the tender course of. Rajyaguru had assured to ship Rs 20 lakh to Jain for the general public servant at Bridge & Roof Company (India) Ltd.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“A trap was set, and after the delivery of the bribe amount to the said private person in Kolkata through an alleged Hawala channel, both the private individuals were apprehended. An alleged bribe amount of Rs 19.96 lakh was recovered from their possession,” the official said.
Further investigation revealed that this bribe was allegedly supposed for the manager secretary to the CMD of Bridge and Roof Company (India) Ltd (a public servant). The mentioned government secretary and different non-public people had been additionally arrested.
Searches had been performed at numerous areas, together with Kolkata, Delhi, Noida, Mumbai, Nagpur, and Rajkot, on the premises of the accused, resulting in the restoration of a number of incriminating paperwork, digital proof, and money amounting to Rs 26.60 lakh.
“Hetal Kumar Pravinchandra Rajyaguru was presented before a special CBI court in Ahmedabad and has been remanded to CBI’s custody until September 21. The remaining arrested accused will be produced before the Competent Court,” the official added.
