New Delhi, June 18A Colonel has been arrested by the CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs50,000 from a Pune-based private company for supply of rock splitting equipment. The probe agency has also arrested three officials of the company.Col Shaibal Kumar, posted in Planning and Engineering branch of the Army’s Eastern Command; Sharat Nath, MD of Pune-based Xtech Equipment Private Limited; Vijay Naidu, a director in the company; and Amit Roy, a company representative, were arrested.“It was alleged that the Colonel had demanded a bribe of Rs 1.8 lakh from the MD in connection with the supply of power pack rock splitters, which are used by various field formations of the Army,” CBI Spokesperson RK Gaur said here today. He said it was alleged that the Army officer, in February this year, had received a bribe of Rs50,000 and as part of the second instalment, he now accepted Rs50,000 from the accused firm.“The CBI tracked the director who came from Pune to pay bribe to the Colonel and nabbed him after the payment of bribe to the Army officer.” — PTI
