New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) A Delhi court today extended theCBI custody of four people arrested in a case of allegedcorruption in the Rs 2,150 crore re-development project ofITPO Complex at Pragati Maidan here, in which NBCC chairman-cum-managing director Anoop Mittal has been made an accused.
Duty Magistrate Sumit Anand extended the CBI custody ofSanjay Kulkarni, managing director of Capacite Structures, andGhaziabad-based middleman Rishabh Agrawal by three days.
The court also extended the CBI custody of public servantPradeep Mishra and Akashdeep Chouhan, who allegedly deliveredthe bribe, by two more days after all the four were producedbefore it on expiry of their earlier custody.
In its application, the CBI sought the custody of all thefour accused by five more days, saying their custodialinterrogation was required and they were to be confronted witheach other.
Advocate Vijay Aggarwal, appearing for Kulkarni, opposedthe remand application saying that the offence was punishableonly up to seven-year imprisonment and hence, the arrestitself was illegal.
The agency booked Mittal, Kulkarni, Agrawal, Mishra andChouhan in the case on December 22.
It alleged in the FIR that the contract to redevelop theprime land at Pragati Maidan was awarded to Shapoorji Pallonjiand Company Pvt. Ltd. and Shapoorji Pallonji Qatar WLL for Rs2,149.93 crore by NBCC, and Mumbai-based Capacite Structureswas trying to get that work from Shapoorji Pallonji onsub-contract.
Kulkarni had approached Agrawal, the middleman, havinggood contacts with public servants for getting the sub-contract in favour of the company, it alleged.
The FIR alleged Agrawal approached Pradeep Kumar Mishra,a public servant in an intelligence agency who was ondeputation and was also close to certain senior functionariesof NBCC Ltd.
Under the influence of Mishra, Mittal "strongly directed"the executive director of NBCC to settle the matter in favourof Capacite Structures, it alleged.
The CBI said in furtherance of the conspiracy, a meetingwas held on December 15, 2017, between Kulkarni,representative of Shapoorji Pallonji, including SanjayKharkhanis, and senior officials of NBCC.
After the meeting, Mittal assured Kulkarni and Mishraabout getting work from Shapoorji Pallonji and that ifCapacite Structure does not get the work, he would "ensurethat it would not be given to any one else", the FIR alleged.
The agency arrested Mishra, while he was allegedlyreceiving the promised bike as illegal gratification fromAkashdeep Chouhan, staff of Kulkarni, the sources said. PTI UKSMN.
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