The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Executive Director and Regional Officer of the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), Maisnam Riten Kumar Singh, posted at the Regional Office, Guwahati, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 10 lakh from a private person. A cache of Rs 2.62 crore was also recovered during searches at his premises.
The CBI has also arrested Binod Kumar Jain, a representative of the Kolkata-based company Mohan Lal Jain, in connection with the case. “Searches were conducted at seven office and residential premises of the accused persons at different locations all over India,” a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
During searches at the premises of Maisnam Riten Kumar Singh, the CBI seized Rs 2.62 crore in cash and documents related to nine landed properties and 20 apartments owned by him and his family members across the country, the agency said in a statement. Documents pertaining to the purchase of high-end vehicles in Singh’s name were also seized during the searches, it said.
Posted at the NHIDCL Regional Office in Assam’s Guwahati, Singh had allegedly demanded the bribe from a private company in exchange for granting a favourable extension of time (EOT) and a completion certificate for its work on the four-laning of National Highway-37 between Demow and the end of Moran Bypass in Assam, besides other contracts.
