CBI arrests NHIDCL executive director in Rs 10 lakh bribery case

GUWAHATI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Maisnam Riten Kumar Singh, Executive Director and Regional Officer of National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), Guwahati, on charges of allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a private person.

The bribe was allegedly accepted in order to provide for a helpful extension of time and completion certificate for highway projects, such as the four-laning of National Highway-37 in Assam.