PATNA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a normal supervisor of the Nationwide Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and three others, together with a normal supervisor of a non-public firm, in reference to alleged bribery of ₹15 lakh, officers stated on Monday
A case was registered by CBI on March 22 towards 12 accused together with six public servants of the rank of Chief Basic Supervisor/Basic Supervisor (GM) and different ranks of NHAI. (NHAI)
The 4 had been recognized by CBI as NHAI normal supervisor Ram Prit Paswan, Ram Kripal Singh Development Pvt. Ltd (RKSCPL) normal supervisor Suresh Mahapatra, and his two staff, Barun Kumar and Chetan Kumar.
Individuals conversant in the matter stated aside from the bribe quantity of ₹15 lakh, investigators additionally seized ₹1.18 crore money at premises linked to the accused.
CBI registered a case towards 12 individuals together with 6 NHAI officers on March 22. In accordance with the FIR, it was alleged that the NHAI officers had been getting bribes from non-public contractor RKSCPL in trade for clearing inflated payments, manipulation of measurement books and turning a blind eye to using inferior development materials by the corporate.
RKSCPL had been given the contract for development of a freeway stretch of greenfield alignment of Tal Dashara to Bela Nawda Part of NH-119D which comes below Challenge Implementation Unit (PIU), NHAI, Muzaffarpur.
In accordance with the FIR, the suspects named within the case had been recognized as YB Singh, chief normal supervisor (CGM) and regional officer (RO) of the Patna NHAI, GM Ram Prit Paswan, deputy GM Kumar Saurabh, PIU, Purnea, venture director Lalit Kumar, PIU (Darbhanga/Muzaffarpur), web site engineer Anshul Thakur, PIU (Darbhanga/Muzaffarpur), AGM (accounts) Hemen Medhi, Barun Kumar, worker of RKSCPL, RKSCPL GM Suresh Mahapatra, GM Amar Nath Jha, worker Chetan Kumar, contractor Satya Narayan Singh alias Pappu Singh ( Muzaffarpur).
It was additionally alleged that after arranging the bribe cash, an accused consultant of the non-public firm determined to satisfy the accused public servant at a hard and fast place at Patna for supply of the bribe quantity on March 22.
CBI laid a lure and caught the accused after ₹15 lakh allegedly exchanged fingers. The accused public servant who accepted the bribe and the non-public firm officers who delivered the bribe have been arrested.
Searches had been performed by CBI on the residential and official premises of the accused at Patna, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Purnia, Ranchi and Varanasi which led to restoration of ₹1.18 crore, a number of incriminating paperwork and digital units.