Lt Col entered into criminal conspiracy

Lt Col Deepak Kumar Sharma of the Defence Ministry, arrested by the CBI on the charge of taking `three lakh bribe, had allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy with two individuals working for a Dubai-based logistics company to arrange a clearance from the External Affairs Ministry for a consignment bound to the UAE, according to the CBI FIR. The details of the documents were made public on Sunday after the search operations, which resulted in the recovery of over `2.36 crore cash from Sharma’s premises, ended. The FIR said Sharma was posted as Deputy Planning Officer, International Cooperation and Exports, in the sensitive Department of Defence Productions of the Defence Ministry