Re: NHAI-NHDP-National Highway Projects Update & News This post discusses not NHAI projects but a bribery trap incident, which involves two of NHAI's top ranking officials who have been arrested. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday made six arrests, including two senior officers of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), as part of an inter-state probe into an alleged bribery case.
One Arvind Kale is a General Manager and Project Director based at Nagpur and another Brijesh Kumar Sahu, Dy General Manager, who is based at Harda, M.P. were trapped. An amount of Rs 1.10 crore was recovered during its search operations conducted in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh (MP) at the accused persons' official and residential premises, including the alleged bribe amount, agency sources said. Four others are from the contractor-firm.
It was alleged that the firm's directors were delivering bribes to various public servants of NHAI through their employees in lieu of issuance of completion certificates, processing of bills, and smooth progression of awarded works, among others such favours or work, pertaining to various road projects awarded by the public-sector entity, NHAI, the sources said.
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CBI arrests six, including NHAI senior officer in bribery case http://dhunt.in/Tfguj?s=a&uu=0x4a09defdfbda8a93&ss=pd
Source : "Hindustan Times" via Dailyhunt |