CBI books two top NHAI officials, seizes Rs one cr

New Delhi, May 25: CBI today claimed to have recovered over Rs one crore in cash from a General Manager of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) after a case was registered against him and his superior for allegedly favouring a construction company for various contracts.

The CBI registered a case against NHAI Chief General Manager S K Nirmal, General Manager Nitin Jain, Managing Director of Oriental Structure Pvt Ltd K S Bakshi and one of his employees S K Dikshit, the agency said.

After filing the FIR in a court, the CBI officials carried out searches at eight places in the national capital and Jaipur during which they claimed to have recovered Rs 48 lakh from Jain’s house and another Rs 52 lakh from his bank locker besides 100 grams of gold.

–Agencies