The CBI on Sunday arrested a Senior Barracks Store Officer (Lt. Colonel), a Subedar Major, both of MES, Ambala Cantonment (Haryana), and two private persons (contractors) in an alleged bribery of `22.48 lakh.
During searches at the premises of the accused persons, the CBI recovered cash to the tune of `48.50 lakh. A case was registered against the accused on the allegations of demanding bribes.
The alleged payment of bribes was meant to ensure that most of the tenders/orders from Ambala Cantt. are awarded to the said private contractors, the CBI said in a statement. “The CBI laid a trap and caught both the public servants and the accused private persons (bribe givers) in the course of a transaction of `22.48 lakh,” it said. Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused in Ambala and Kurukshetra which led to the recovery of huge cash and incriminating documents.
During the searches, `32.50 lakh was recovered from the premises of the Senior Barracks Store Officer and an amount of `16 lakh was also recovered from the possession of the said private persons, it said. All the four arrested accused are being produced before the Competent Court, it said.
The arrested accused are Senior Barracks Store Officer (Lt. Colonel), Rahul Pawar and Subedar Major, Pardeep Kumar of Military Engineering Service (MES), Ambala Cantonment besides accused contractors Dinesh Kumar and Pritpal.