CBI files graft case against MCA member, 2 others

Incriminating documents, cash and pen drives were recovered during the searches, the CBI said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a managing committee member of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), a Deputy SP rank CBI officer based in Mumbai, and a businessman allegedly involved in a criminal conspiracy and graft case. On Friday, the CBI conducted search and seizure operations at 10 locations in Mumbai, including the offices and residences of the accused.

According to CBI officials, the three accused are Naveen Krishna Shetty, who is a managing committee member of the MCA and managing director of private firm M/s ABG Entrepreneur Mumbai, Uday Keshav More, a deputy SP with the CBI, and local businessman Rahul Bhumavat.

Officials said that Bhumavat was a suspect in a previous case related to the State Trading Corporation which was being investigated by More. Shetty is alleged to have acted as a middleman who was influencing the CBI officer to help the suspect in the case, and Rs 25 lakh was allegedly demanded from Bhumavat.

“Shetty is suspected to have acted as a middleman and exerted his influence on public servants and indulging in corrupt activities in the affairs of various Central government departments including the CBI,” said a CBI official.

Incriminating documents, cash and pen drives were recovered during the searches, the CBI said. The named and unknown accused have been booked for criminal conspiracy under the IPC, and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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