CBI arrests two in Gomti river front project case
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It is alleged that there have been a number of irregularities in the implementation of the tasks involving about ₹1,500 crore
The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested the then govt engineer and senior assistant of the Irrigation Department in Uttar Pradesh for his or her alleged position in irregular implementation of the “Gomti River Channelisation” and “Gomti River Front Development” tasks.
The accused have been recognized as Roop Singh Yadav, the manager engineer who was earlier posted with the Lucknow Division Sharda Canal and likewise held the extra cost of the then superintending engineer of XII Circle; and senior assistant Raj Kumar Yadav. The first accused has now retired.
“The two accused were on Friday produced before a special court which granted the agency their four-day remand,” mentioned a CBI official.
The company had registered the FIR on November 30, 2017, following a reference from the State authorities and notification issued by the Department of Personnel and Training. The case was earlier lodged at Gomti Nagar police station in Lucknow.
It is alleged that there have been a number of irregularities in the implementation of the tasks involving about ₹1,500 crore. The discover inviting tender (NIT) for the works was not printed and the funds have been diverted.
There was a pooling of tenders in 4 main works of the Gomti River Front Development project, that included the development of diaphragm wall, building of intercepting trunk drain, building of rubber dam and preparation of imaginative and prescient paperwork, mentioned the company.
The company mentioned the accused individuals favoured some contractors and executed the agreements with them on the premise of solid paperwork with out the publication of NIT in newspapers.
In the FIR, the CBI had named the then Chief Engineers Gulesh Chandra, Qazim Ali and S.N. Sharma; the then Superintendent Engineers Akhil Raman, Shiv Mangal Yadav, Roop Singh Yadav and Kamaleshwar Singh; and Executive Engineer Surendra Yadav.
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