Image Source : FILE PHOTO The CBI has seized a further Rs 2.04 crore hidden in a personal lodge in South Delhi. (Representational picture)
The CBI has seized a further Rs 2.04 crore hidden in a personal lodge in South Delhi by the executives of ABCI Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, accused in a bribery case involving senior officers of Northeast Frontier Railways, officers stated Tuesday.
In its greatest entice case, the company had arrested Chief Administrative Officer Mahender Singh Chauhan of NFR on Sunday and different senior officers within the case involving a bribe of Rs one crore, they stated.
So far, Rs 4.43 crore (approx) have been recovered, the CBI stated.
“It was discovered throughout additional searches on the premises of a personal agency (allegedly concerned within the stated case) situated at Kailash Colony, New Delhi that sure objects had been eliminated and hid at one other place in Delhi.
“After a thorough search, Rs.2.04 crore (approx) cash along with other items were seized from the said place for further investigation,” CBI Spokesperson RC Joshi stated in an announcement.
During earlier searches at 26 places, together with Delhi, Uttrakhand, Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, a complete quantity of Rs.2.39 crore (approx) was recovered, he stated.
“This contains an alleged bribe of Rs.1 crore, which exchanged palms and is said to be one of many greatest bribe cash trapped.
“Besides this, jewellery and property documents were recovered from the locations of the accused. Thus, so far, Rs.4.43 crore (approx) have been recovered,” the assertion stated.
The case pertains to Rs one crore allegedly sought by 58-year previous Chauhan to increase favours to ABCI Infrastructure in awarding the contracts, processing of subsequent payments, launch of funds and many others. by the general public functionaries.
The director of the accused firm, Pawan Baid, had allegedly despatched the bribe cash to one in every of his staff Bhupendra Rawat in Delhi by means of a hawala racket. It was allegedly taken by Rawat to Dehradun the place Chauhan’s brother-in-law Indra Singh acquired it.
The company had nabbed Rawat and Singh whereas bribe was being exchanged, they stated.
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The CBI has alleged that the accused railway officers had been usually getting enormous payouts for favouring the corporate.
“It was also alleged that some senior public functionaries of North East Frontier Railways were involved in corrupt practices with private contractors for the ongoing projects in the North-East Frontier Railways,” Joshi stated in an announcement. Baid was involved with Chauhan in reference to varied ongoing initiatives within the Northeast Frontier area.
The company has arrested Chauhan, Singh, Deputy Chief Engineer Hem Chand Borah, Assistant Executive Engineer Laxmi Kant Verma and Rawat. The company will deliver all of the arrested accused to Delhi for questioning, Joshi stated.
Besides the arrested accused, the CBI has additionally booked the corporate and its director Baid within the case below the IPC part associated to legal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act pertaining to bribery.
Name of the accused arrested
Mahendra Singh Chauhan, Chief Administrative Officer(CAO)/Construction- II, Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR), Maligaon(Assam)
Hem Chand Borah, Deputy Chief Engineer, NFR (Agartala)
Lamxi Kant Verma, Assistant Executive Engineer (AEN), NFR (Agartala)
Bhupendra Rawat, an worker of M/s ABCI Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd.
Indra Singh(Private particular person)
ABCI Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Pawan Baid, Director, M/s ABCI Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.
Other unknown public servants, personal individuals and firms
(With inputs from PTI)
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