New Delhi, Dec 25 (PTI) The CBI has arrested two morepersons in connection with alleged corruption in the Rs 2,150crore re-development project of ITPO Complex at Pragati Maidanin New Delhi, in which NBCC chairman-cum-managing directorAnoop Mittal has been made an accused, agency sources saidtoday.
The CBI arrested Sanjay Kulkarni, managing director ofCapacite Structures, and Ghaziabad-based middleman RishabhAgrawal in connection with the corruption case, taking thetotal number of people arrested to four, the sources said.
The agency booked Mittal, Kulkarni, Agrawal, publicservant Pradeep Mishra and the alleged bribe delivery person,Akashdeep Chouhan, 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 on asubcontract.
Kulkarni had approached Agrawal, the middleman, havinggood contacts with public servants for getting the subcontractin 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 "strlonglydirected" the executive director of NBCC to settle the matterin favour of Capacite Structures, it alleged.
The CBI said infurtherance 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. PTIABSABH.
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