CBI officials have arrested an NHAI officer and three senior executives of a construction firm working on the Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway project in connection with a bribery incident and seized Rs 4 crore during searches.
In an official statement, the premier agency said Akil Ahmad, the arrested regional officer of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), was said to be in the habit of demanding and accepting illegal gratification from contractors to clear pending bills and to issue Provisional Commercial Operations Date (PCOD) for completed projects.
Ahmad allegedly demanded illegal gratification from the Bengaluru-based General Manager Retnakaran Sajilal of the Bhopal-based firm, Dilip Buildcon Limited, which has been contracted to execute projects under Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway packages 1 and 2.
