CBI searches NHAI manager’s house, seizes Rs 67 lakh in cash
The CBI on Friday recovered Rs 67 lakh cash during searches at the premises of a regional manager of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
The CBI has registered a case against the then Regional Officer, NHAI, Regional Office, Jammu, the accused private firm, and its proprietor and unknown others on the basis of a Preliminary Enquiry conducted by the agency.
It was alleged in the Preliminary Enquiry that the private firm through its Proprietor entered into conspiracy with officials of Regional Office, NHAI, Jammu and got the work order in a tender dated January 10, 2018, for the improvement and routine maintenance of Lakhanpur- Jammu Section for Rs 9.34 crore, in violations of terms and conditions of the said tender.
