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2 NHAI officers among six arrested by CBI in bribery case
According to the spokesperson, the CBI has registered a case against four public servants of National Highways Authority of India.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at five locations in Bhopal and Nagpur, including residential and official premises, and recovered Rs 45 lakh in cash, including the bribe amount of Rs 20 lakh, the officials said. (Representational)
The CBI has arrested six persons, including two NHAI officers, in an alleged Rs 20-lakh bribery case in Maharashtra’s Nagpur.
“The arrested persons are Arvind Kale, General Manager and Project Director of NHAI, Project Implementation Units, Nagpur; Brijesh Kumar Sahu, Deputy General Manager and Project Director of NHAI Harda, MP; Anil Bansal and Kunal Bansal, both Directors of M/s Bansal Construction Works Pvt. Ltd; C Krishna, who gave a bribe; and Chhater Singh Lodhi, an employee of M/s Bansal Construction Works Pvt. Ltd. Around Rs 1.1 crore cash, including the bribe money, has been seized so far,” a CBI spokesperson said.
According to the spokesperson, the CBI has registered a case against four public servants of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), a Bhopal-based private company, five persons, including two directors, and employees of the private company and unknown others, on allegations that directors of a Bhopal-based private company have been “delivering bribes” to various public servants of the NHAI.
“…the CBI laid a trap and after the delivery of Rs 20-lakh bribe to Kale by the employee of a private company were they apprehended. Searches are being conducted at different offices and residences of the accused, including in Nagpur, Bhopal, and Harda. Rs 1.1 crore, has been seized,” he said.
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