NBW against suspended Noida engineer’s wife

A special CBI court here on Thursday issued non-bailable warrant against suspended Noida Chief Engineer Yadav Singh’s wife Kusumlata and other accused who are evading arrest in a corruption case. The court extended judicial custody of former Assistant Project Engineer of Noida J P Singh who was taken into custody by CBI on Wednesday after he did not appear before the court here despite summons.

Project Engineer (PE) Ramendra Singh, who has been named in the charge sheet filed by CBI, was also produced before the court, CBI advocate B K Singh said, adding that the next hearing in the case will be on September 6. The CBI team will try to apprehend the accused and produce them before the court, the advocate said. Earlier, the agency had filed a charge sheet against Yadav Singh, his wife Kusumlata and colleagues in March.

Keeping the option of further probe open, CBI had said investigation into 1,280 contract bonds amounting to Rs 959 crore signed during Saingh’s tenure at Noida was still going on. The agency has charged them with criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery under various sections of IPC, besides 

abuse of official position and bribery under Prevention of Corruption Act.