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Bhopal, March 3 (HS). The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested six people, including two officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), two directors of a private company, on charges of taking a bribe of Rs 20 lakh. After the arrest, CBI has seized Rs 1 crore 10 lakh, including the raids conducted on the premises of the accused and the bribe amount of Rs 20 lakh.
According to the information received from CBI on Sunday, NHAI General Manager Arvind Kale posted in Nagpur, Deputy General Manager Brijesh Kumar Sahu posted in Harda, Anil Bansal and Kunal Bansal, directors of Bhopal-based Bansal Construction Company and employees of Bansal Construction Company C Krishna and Chhatar Singh has been arrested.
According to the information, CBI had received information that the General Manager and Project Director of NHAI PIU Nagpur and the Deputy General Manager and Project Director of NHAI posted in Harda, Madhya Pradesh were about to take a bribe of Rs 20 lakh. In this case, CBI has registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against four officers of a Bhopal-based private company, five private individuals including two directors and employees and others. The General Manager and Deputy General Manager of NHAI have taken a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from the directors of the private contracting company in exchange for issuing completion certificates of different road projects, approval of bills and issuing progress sheets for smooth construction works. Some employees of the private contracting company whose director has been arrested on bribery charges were in constant touch for a long time for related works. As soon as CBI got wind of this, it started keeping an eye on this matter.
The secret complainant had alleged that the employees of the private company were getting the work done by paying bribes worth lakhs to the NHAI officers and employees posted in Nagpur and Harda and other places of the state. After finding out the veracity of the complaint, CBI laid a trap and after paying a bribe of Rs 20 lakh to the General and Project Manager of NHAI, everyone was arrested. CBI has searched the locations and residences of GM in Nagpur, DGM in Harda and Bhopal of the directors of the private company. During this search, cash worth around Rs 1 crore ten lakh including bribe amount of Rs 20 lakh was seized. CBI is investigating this matter thoroughly. As the investigation progresses, the number of accused in the case may also increase.