CBI registers case against 9 NHAI officials, recovers Rs 1.1 cr in searches at 22 locations
The CBI has registered a case against nine officials of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) including General Managers, Project Directors, Managers, besides 13 others including private persons, private companies and unknown officials/persons and recovered Rs 1.1 crore as also gold/jewellery during searches at around 22 locations.
It was alleged that during the year 2008-2010, the projects Surat-Hazira Port Section of NH-06, Kishangarh-Ajmer-Beawar Section of NH-08 and Varanasi Aurangabad Section of NH-02 were awarded by NHAI to the Consortium of private companies and accordingly, Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) were formed for execution of these three projects, the CBI said in a statement.
