New Delhi: A Senior General Manager of the state-run Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) was among two persons arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The other person is a deputy general manager of a private company.
“The arrests were made immediately after Rs 2.4 lakh exchanged hands. The bribe to the Sr GM of PGCIL, a Central Public Sector Undertaking, was allegedly being paid as illegal gratification to process and pass bogus bills of the Mumbai-based private company,” a CBI official said.
A case has been registered against six accused, including the Sr GM of PGCIL, the DGM of the private company. The four others are employees of the private company.
“The Sr GM of PGCIL was posted at Ajmer in Rajasthan. It has come to light that the Sr GM acted in connivance with the accused representatives of the private company and was facilitating and extending undue favours in processing and passing of the bills, related to the contracts of PGCIL awarded to the company. This was in lieu of illegal gratification. After negotiations, the accused representative of the private company decided to meet the Sr GM at a location in Sikar, Rajasthan, on Wednesday, for delivery of the cash,” the official added.
The CBI apparently laid a trap and caught both after the transaction. Searches are being conducted by CBI at the residential and official premises of the accused at Sikar, Jaipur, and Mohali. The searches have led to the recovery of several incriminating documents and digital devices.
On media query, the CBI revealed that the Sr GM of PGCIL is Uday Kumar. The other accused is Suman Singh, DGM, M/s KEC International Ltd. (KECIL), Jaipur. The private company has also been named as an accused and further investigation is in progress, the CBI said.
