Pragati Maidan graft case:Court grants bail to 2 govt officers

New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) A Delhi court today granted bailto two govt officials in a case of alleged corruption in theRs 2,150 crore project to revam...

New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) A Delhi court today granted bailto two govt officials in a case of alleged corruption in theRs 2,150 crore project to revamp the ITPO Complex at PragatiMaidan here.

Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted relief to the publicservants, Pradeep Mishra and Akashdeep Chouhan, on a personalbond of Rs 1 lakh each and a surety of the same amount.

NBCC chairman-cum-managing director Anoop Mittal has alsobeen made an accused in the case.

The court has already granted bail to Sanjay Kulkarni,the managing director of Capacite Structures and suspectedmiddleman, Rishabh Agrawal, in the case.

It had on January 5 reserved its order on the bailapplications of Kulkarni and Agrawal after hearing argumentsfrom defence advocates and the CBI.

The agency had booked Mishra and Chouhan in the case onDecember 22, 2017 for allegedly delivering the bribe.

It alleged in the FIR that the contract to redevelop theprime land at the Pragati Maidan exhibition complex wasawarded to Shapoorji Pallonji and Co. Pvt. Ltd. and ShapoorjiPallonji Qatar WLL for Rs 2,149.93 crore by NBCC.

Mumbai-based Capacite Structures was trying to get thatwork from Shapoorji Pallonji on sub-contract.

Kulkarni had approached Agrawal, the suspected middlemanhaving good contacts with public servants, for getting thesub-contract in favour of the company, the CBI had alleged.

PTI UK AGARC.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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