NHAI official booked in 2018 tender case

The CBI today said it had booked the then Regional Officer Hem Raj of NHAI’s Jammu region and others for allegedly conspiring in awarding a work order worth Rs 9.34 crore to a private firm on January 10, 2018, for improvement and routine maintenance of the Lakhanpur-Jammu section in violations of terms & conditions of the tender.

CBI spokesperson RC Joshi said, “It was alleged that the private firm owned by Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary entered into conspiracy with officials of the Regional Office, NHAI, Jammu, and got the work order in a tender dated January 10, 2018, in violations of terms and conditions of the tender.”— TNS