The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids in the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), houses of two of its DGMs, Electrical Department and Material Management Department, and the materials supplier for alleged irregularities in purchase of electrical equipments for the plant’s Coke Oven Department resulting in a loss of over Rs 60 lakh to the steel plant.
Sources said six teams of the CBI from its Bhubaneswar office conducted raids in the offices of Electrical Department DGM Hrekeushna Behera and Material Management DGM AK Karmakr and their residences at C-16, Sector-4 and B-172, Sector-20, respectively.
The CBI sleuths also conducted raids on the house of Pradip Trading Company owner PK Das and his godown.
Though the details of the raid outcome were not revealed by the CBI teams but it is learnt that many documents were seized from the offices and houses of the RSP officers and the house and godown of the supplier. It was also learnt that raid was also conducted in the Bangalore house of Behera.
The raids have created panic among many RSP officers.