New Delhi, March 22
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two accused including Senior General Manager (Sr. GM) of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, a central PSU and Deputy General Manager of a Mumbai based private company immediately after exchange of bribe of Rs. 2.4 lakhs.
The bribe was allegedly paid for extending undue favours in processing and passing of the bills related to the contracts of the PSU awarded to the private company.
A case was registered by CBI on March 19 against 06 accused including Sr. General Manager of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., posted at Ajmer, a Mumbai based private company, four representatives of the said private company and unknown others.
It was alleged that the accused public servant of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., while acting in connivance with accused representatives of the private company, was facilitating and extending undue favours in processing and passing of the bills related to the contracts of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. awarded to the accused private company, in lieu of illegal gratification. It was also alleged that after negotiation, accused representative of the private company decided to meet accused public servant at a fixed place at Sikar for delivery of the bribe amount on March 19.
The CBI laid a trap and caught accused Senior General Manager of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd red handed, immediately after accepting the bribe amount of Rs. 2.4.lakh from the accused representative (DGM) of the private company. Both the accused have been arrested.
The agency then conducted searches at the residential and official premises of accused at Sikar, Jaipur, and Mohali which led to recovery of several incriminating documents and digital devices.
