Agency (New Delhi): The CBI has arrested NHAI General Manager Purushottam Lal Choudhary, posted in Madhya Pradesh’s Chattarpur, in connection with a Rs 10 lakh bribery case, officials announced on Sunday.
Six other individuals were also arrested, including NHAI consultant Sharad Verma, his resident engineer Prem Kumar Sinha, and four employees of PNC Infratech — Satyanarayana Anguluri, Brijesh Mishra, Anil Jain, and Shubham Jain. The arrests took place on Saturday evening.
The accused were allegedly receiving bribes for the final handing over, issuance of a no objection certificate, and processing of the final bill for the Jhansi-Khajuraho Project, awarded to PNC Infratech by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The CBI booked 10 suspects in the case, including the seven arrested.
It is alleged that Yogesh Jain and T. R. Rao, directors of PNC Infratech Limited, were paying bribes to NHAI officials to obtain these favors. The CBI received information about the bribery and set a trap, catching the accused red-handed while accepting the bribe.
“CBI laid a trap and caught the accused, a general manager and project director, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs 10 lakh from employees of private company,” the CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
The CBI conducted searches at the premises of the accused individuals in Chattarpur, Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, and Haryana’s Gurugram.
