The CBI has arrested four more accused persons in a corruption case relating to a former Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer and recovered bribe assets worth Rs 4.28 crore in the name of the public servant and his family. On Monday, the agency had recovered Rs 2.75 crore in cash and gold bars weighing 23 kg.
The four arrested accused private persons are Hamsa Venugopalan, Director of Universal Engineers Chennai Pvt. Ltd., Om Prakash (working partner of Hamsa Venugopal), Sanjay Kathpal (brother of AK Kathpal, the then Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, ICF, Perambur and the prime accused in the case) and Khetmal Jain of Salem Steel Trading Co., Chennai. The recoveries on Tuesday were in the form of fixed deposit receipts worth Rs 4.28 crore related to the then Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, ICF, Perambur, AK Kathpal and his family members besides property documents and keys of two bank lockers.