GUWAHATI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the Deputy General Manager of Oil India Limited (OIL), Duliajan, Assam, Prayas Chakravorty and the Deputy General Manager (Sales & Marketing) of a Noida-based private company, Jyoti Kumar Singh in a bribery case involving ₹7 lakh. The arrests follow a trap laid by the agency that caught the public servant red-handed with cash and documents linked to the bribe.
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CBI officials recovered the cash and gold purchase documents from the possession of the public servant. Both the OIL official and the private firm’s DGM (Sales & Marketing) were arrested and are scheduled to be produced before the Special Judge (CBI) in Ghaziabad on May 5.
The CBI registered a case on May 3 against four individuals, including the arrested public servant, the Managing Director and the DGM (Sales & Marketing) of the Noida-based company, and unknown public servants. The agency alleged that the OIL official colluded with executives of the private firm to secure bribes in exchange for awarding contracts and clearing supplier bills, causing wrongful gains to themselves and losses to the Union exchequer.
Investigators revealed that the OIL Deputy GM had allegedly demanded 70 grams of gold ornaments as a bribe, not only for himself but also for unidentified public officials. The DGM of the private firm reportedly offered ₹7 lakh in cash instead, citing his inability to procure the gold directly.
The Managing Director of the private company allegedly arranged the cash, which was delivered to the OIL official. According to the CBI, the accused public servant purchased gold coins worth ₹3,73,550 from a shop in Noida and carried the remaining ₹3.34 lakh in cash to his residence the same day.
CBI teams carried out searches at multiple locations linked to the accused in Delhi, Noida, Dibrugarh, and Tinsukia. The raids led to the recovery of gold jewellery acquired as bribes, over ₹30 lakhs in cash from private individuals, mobile phones, and several incriminating documents.
The investigation is ongoing.
