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CBI arrests 2 more for corruption at ITPO
The agency has already booked NBCC chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) Anoop Kumar Mittal in this case.
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested two more persons in connection with the alleged corruption in the Rs 2,150 crore re-development project of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) Complex at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
The agency has already booked NBCC chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) Anoop Kumar Mittal in this case.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Sanjay Kulkarni, MD, Capacite Structures, and Ghaziabad-based middleman Rishabh Agrawal in connection with the case, taking the total number of people arrested to four, sources said.
On December 22, the agency booked Mr Mittal, Mr Kulkarni, Mr Agrawal, public servant Pradeep Kumar Mishra and the alleged bribe delivery person, Akashdeep Chouhan, in the case.
It is alleged in the FIR that the contract to redevelop the prime land at Pragati Maidan was awarded to Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Private Limited and Shapoorji Pallonji Qatar for Rs 2,149.93 crore by NBCC, and Mumbai-based Capacite Structures was trying to get that work from Shapoorji Pallonji on a subcontract. Mr Kulkarni had approached Mr Agrawal, the middleman, having good contacts with public servants for getting the subcontract in favour of the company, it alleged.
The FIR alleged that Mr Agrawal approached Mr Mishra, a public servant in an intelligence agency who was deputation and was close to certain senior NBCC (India) Ltd, a public sector undertaking, functionaries. Under Mr Mishra’s guidance, Mr Mittal “directed” the the NBCC executive director to settle the matter in favour of Capacite Structures, it alleged.
The CBI said infurtherance of the conspiracy, a meeting was held on December 15, 2017, between Mr Kulkarni, representative of Shapoorji Pallonji, including Sanjay Kharkhanis and senior NBCC officials.
After the meeting, Mr Mittal assured Mr Kulkarni and Mr Mishra about getting work from Shapoorji Pallonji and said if Capacite Structure does not get the work, he would “ensure that it would not be given to any one else”, the FIR alleged.
The agency arrested Mr Mishra, while he was allegedly receiving the promised bike as illegal gratification from Mr Chouhan, on Mr Kulkarni’s staff, sources said.
