New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case of corruption against officials of the Delhi Jal Board and NBCC for allegedly favouring an ineligible private company in a contract worth Rs 38 crore for supply, installation, testing and commissioning of Electromagnetic Flow Meters, officials said Saturday.
The CBI had conducted searches in connection with the case at 10 locations in Delhi-NCR at the premises of the then NBCC general manager DK Mittal which led to recovery of approximately Rs.1.5 crore cash, 2.1 kilograms of gold jewellery, bullion, 10 kilograms of silver worth Rs 1.2 crore and fixed deposits worth Rs 69 lakh, they said. Various property documents were also found from the residence of the then general manager of NBCC, they said.The agency has booked former DJB officials — chief engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora, superintendent engineer P K Gupta, executive engineer Sushil Kumar goel, assistant engineer Ashok Sharma, AAO Ranjit Kumar — and then general manager, NBCC, DK Mittal and project executive Sadhan Kumar besides private company NKG Infrastructure Limited, it said.