PUNE: A CBI special court in Pune on Friday granted bail a major-rank officer at the Pune based College of Military Engineering (CME) in connection with an allegations that he accepted a bribe of Rs 6,500 in exchange for giving certain sanctions to a contractor.
The officer Major Gurdev Singh was released on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 on furnishing surety of the like amount. The court warned Singh not to enter CME. He was directed to co-operate with the CBI whenever he was called for questioning. The court last week rejected his first bail plea.
He filed a second bail plea which was considered by the court.
Singh was arrested on December 30. He was posted as an Assistant Garrison Engineer at CME.
CBI has registered a case under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act against Singh and junior engineer Sudhir Ranjan Jena upon "allegations that the accused demanded 3% each of Rs 2.16 lakh which the complainant (contractor) had received as payment, in respect of the work executed by him in the month of Decem-ber, 2013".
"The accused persons told the contractor that unless they received the money, they would not allow him to execute the full contracted work and also put his firm on the slow progress list," a CBI spokesperson said here.
Acting on a complaint by the contractor, CBI sleuths laid a trap and Singh was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs 6,500 from the former.
"Searches were conducted at the official and residential premises of the accused at Pune and Jalandhar Cantt. Which yielded cash of Rs 1.44 lakh (approx) and some documents which are under scrutiny," the spokesperson added.
via The Times of India
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