New Delhi [India], March 23 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three accused, together with the Chief Engineer and Government Engineer of the Public Works Division (PWD), Authorities of Puducherry, together with a personal contractor related to PWD, instantly after the alternate of a partial bribe quantity of Rs 2 lakh, the company mentioned in a launch on Sunday.
An quantity of Rs 73 lakh in money was recovered throughout searches, it mentioned.
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On Saturday, CBI registered a case in opposition to the accused and unknown others based mostly on allegations that the Government Engineer, below whose jurisdiction the contractor had undertaken street contract works in the Public Works Division, Karaikal, demanded a bribe of Rs 6 lakh.
Roughly 1 per cent of the whole estimated tender quantity of Rs 7,44,59,009, for the Chief Engineer to facilitate future web site clearance and cost approval directly, mentioned the assertion.
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As per the assertion, CBI laid a lure and apprehended the accused after the Government Engineer accepted Rs. 2 lakh from the contractor in the presence of the Chief Engineer. The sum was recovered from the possession of the Government Engineer, whereas a further Rs. 50,000 was discovered in the contractor’s automobile.
Searches on the residential and official premises of the accused in Puducherry and Karaikal led to the restoration of Rs. 73 lahks in money Rs. 65 lahks from the Chief Engineer’s residence and Rs.8 lakh from the Government Engineer’s residence–along with incriminating paperwork and different proof.
The arrested accused have been produced earlier than Judicial Justice of the Peace I, Karaikal, on Sunday and have been remanded to judicial custody.
The investigation stays ongoing. (ANI)
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