Sanjha Morcha

MES Chief Engineer held with Rs1-cr bribe

New Delhi, July 2The CBI has arrested Rakesh Kumar Garg, Chief Engineer (Naval Works), Military Engineer Services (MES), Naval Base, Kochi, and five others in an alleged bribery case.Around Rs 1.21 crore was recovered from accused during the trap. It was alleged that the accused Chief Engineer was demanding and collecting illegal gratification from contractors for issuing various civil contracts. It was also alleged that the accused was receiving bribe through his conduit and others using hawala and direct payment mode.Searches were conducted at 20 places, including Delhi, Kochi (Kerala), Ajmer (Rajasthan), Kolkata, Hisar and Rohtak (Haryana) on various premises of the accused and others leading to further recovery of around Rs 3.97 crore and 6 kg gold biscuits.Incriminating documents seized during the searches are being scrutinised.The FIR said that Garg, who was head of the office at Kochi, allegedly demanded bribe of 1 per cent of the contract amount from contractors for issuing various civil contracts. — TNS