CPWD superintendent engineer arrested for bribery

A Superintendent Engineer of Central Public Works Department (CPWD) was arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 33 lakh from a private firm to clear their pending bills and releasing advance payments to them.

Vinod Kumar <g data-gr-id="14">Asol</g> was arrested while allegedly accepting a bribe from a director (project) of the Visakhapatnam-based infrastructure firm in the national Capital, the CBI said, adding the company official had also been arrested. <g data-gr-id="15">Asol</g> was posted as superintendent engineer of CPWD in Imphal.

According to the CBI, the CPWD official had demanded a bribe of Rs 50 lakh from the company for clearing the bills, release of mobilisation advance and payment for the construction and work of a multi-purpose building worth Rs 210 crore in National Information Technology, Imphal (Manipur). 

Immediately after the arrests, searches were conducted at eight places in Delhi, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Dehradun, Lucknow, Imphal and Visakhapatnam during which the CBI claimed to have seized Rs 19 lakh from a guesthouse in Gurgaon where the director (project) was staying.