BENGALURU: After trapping an individual accepting bribe of Rs 20 lakh in Delhi, CBI sleuths on Friday arrested an official of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Bengaluru, and four others in an alleged bribery case.
The arrested are NHAI regional officer Akil Ahmad, Ratnakaran Sajilal, Devendra Jain, Mahim Pratap Singh Tomar, Sunil Kumar Verma — all from Dilip Buildcon Ltd — and another individual,Anuj Gupta.
CBI sleuths raided different places connected with the accused in Bengaluru, New Delhi, Kochi, Gurugram, Bhopal, and elsewhere. About Rs 4 crore cash was seized from the premises of private persons in these places while Rs 4 lakh cash was recovered from the premises of the regional officer of NHAI, a CBI press release said on Friday.
The regional officer was allegedly in the habit of demanding and accepting illegal gratification from NHAI contractors for clearing pending bills and issuing date of provisional commercial operations for completed projects, the CBI note said.
