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The CBI on Friday arrested a Bengaluru-based NHAI official, and four others of a private company in a Rs 20 lakh bribery case.
According to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official, a case against the NHAI official and two contractors was lodged earlier this month. Later, raids were conducted on the premises of the accused, including in Delhi, Bengaluru, Kochi, Gurugram, and Bhopal. The accused were identified as Akil Ahmad, Regional Officer, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Bengaluru and Dilip Buildcon Ltd's Executive Director Devendra Jain, General Manager Retnakaran Sajilal, official Sunil Kumar Verma, and Anuj Gupta. All the arrested will be produced before a competent court, the official said, adding that the agency "will seek custodial remand to unearth the larger conspiracy". "We have to recover a lot of evidence. The accused will also be confronted with each other," the official said. Ahmad had allegedly demanded an 'illegal gratification' from the General Manager of the private company to clear the project under Benguluru-Chennai Expressway Package 1 and 2, executed by the company in Karnataka. The CBI got a tip-off and laid a trap to catch all the accused red-handed. Rs 20 lakh was recovered from a private person in Delhi. The amount was received on behalf of the NHAI official. A CBI official said the agency conducted raids and carried out searches at the premises of the accused at several places in multiple cities -- Delhi, Bengaluru, Cochin, Gurugram and Bhopal, which led to the cash seizure of Rs 4 crore from the premises of private persons, and Rs 4 lakh from the NHAI official's premises. --IANS atk/pgh ( 283 Words) 2021-12-31-20:36:02 (IANS)
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