The General Manager and Project Director of the National Highways Authority of India has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. He was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 Lakhs from employees of a private company for showing undue favor to the said company.
The CBI also arrested six other individuals, including an NHAI consultant, his resident engineer, and four employees of a private company, in connection with the bribery case.
The CBI registered a case against 10 individuals on June 8, including the seven arrested, a private company, and its two directors. Allegedly, the two directors, in collusion with their employees, secured undue favors by bribing NHAI officers to obtain final approval, a no-objection certificate (NOC), and the processing of the final bill for the Jhansi-Khajuraho Project awarded by NHAI.
The CBI set a trap and arrested the General Manager and Project Director of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, while he was accepting a bribe of Rs. 10 lakh from employees of the private company.
Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused in various locations, including Chhatarpur MP, Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, and Gurugram, resulting in the recovery of incriminating documents and digital devices.
According to the CBI, the investigation is ongoing and the arrested individuals will be produced before the jurisdictional court in Bhopal.
(With inputs from ANI)