New Delhi/Mumbai, 4 January 2024
The Central Bureau of Investigation has today arrested four accused including two Dy.Chief Controllers of Explosive, PESO, a Director of a private company based at Chittorgarh (Rajasthan) and a tout in an alleged bribery of Rs. 10 lakh.
A case was registered against a tout/middleman, a bribe giver and unknown officials of Petroleum & Explosive Saftey Organisation (PESO), Nagpur. It was alleged that the tout entered into a conspiracy with the officials/officers of PESO to get the work of the bribe giver (Director of a private company based at Chittorgarh, Rajasthan) done in lieu of the huge illegal gratification. It was further alleged that the said Director of a private company would pay a bribe of Rs. 10 lakh to the officials of the PESO through a tout at Nagpur.
CBI laid a trap and caught the bribe giver and the tout while exchanging the said bribe. The role of two Dy.Chief Controllers of explosive emerged and they were also caught.
During the search conducted at the residence of the tout at Nagpur, cash of Rs.1.19 crore (approx.), gold metal biscuit, silver metal dye and incriminating documents were recovered. During searches at the premises of a Dy.Chief Controller of Explosive, cash of Rs. 88 lakh (approx.) and incriminating documents were recovered. Some incriminating documents were also recovered at the premises of other Dy.Chief Controller of Explosives.
Names of the arrested accused are:-
- Devi Singh Kachhawaha, Director of M/s.Super Shivshakti Chemical Pvt. Ltd., Chittorgarh, Rajasthan (bribe giver)
- Priyadarshan Dinkar Deshpandey (tout)
- Vivek Kumar, Dy.Chief Controller of Explosive, PESO, Nagpur(recovery of Rs.88 lakh -approx.)
- Ashok Kumar Dalela, Dy.Chief Controller of Explosives, PESO, Nagpur
All the arrested accused were produced before the Court of Special Judges of CBI cases, Nagpur (Maharashtra) and were remanded to police custody till 06.01.2024.
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(Source: CBI) | PIB Mumbai | SR/ SC/ DR
