This amount was allegedly amassed from several contractors and officials in lieu of favours for their operations in NCL, Singrauli
FinTech BizNews Service
Mumbai, August 21, 2024: Ensuring zero tolerance to corruption, CBI has arrested Subedar Ojha, Manager (Secretariat) & PS to CMD Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) after recovery of Rs. 3.85 crore in cash from his residence during searches conducted on 17.8.2024. This amount was allegedly amassed from several contractors and officials in lieu of favours for their operations in NCL, Singrauli, as per a press release issued by the CBI.
CBI has also arrested Mr Ravi Shankar Singh, a middleman and Proprietor of M/s Sangam Engineering, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, who was allegedly acting as a conduit between various contractors / businessmen and several officials of Northern Coalfields Limited and was facilitating and delivering bribes to these officials of Northern Coalfields Limited.
An associate of Mr Ravi Shankar Singh of M/s Sangam Engineering, Singrauli, M.P, Mr. Diwesh Singh, was also arrested red handed while delivering Rs 5 Lakh bribe to Mr. Joy Joseph Damle, Dy SP, ACB, CBI, Jabalpur in lieu of obtaining favourable report in the matters of complaints/investigation pending against them in CBI. Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh and his associate were acting as a middleman between the NCL (Northern Coalfields Ltd) officers and Mr. J J Damle, who has also been arrested.
It was alleged that on 16.08.2024, on the instructions of Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh, Mr Ajay Verma employee of Ravi Singh had collected the aforesaid undue advantage of Rs 5 Lakh from Lt. Colonel Basant Kumar Singh (Retd), Chief Manager (Administration), NCL, Singrauli. The bribe amount was allegedly sent by Mr. Subedar Ojha and on 17.08.24, Mr Ravi Shankar Singh instructed Mr Diwesh Singh to deliver this amount to Dy SP JJ Damle of ACB Jabalpur, CBI.
Earlier, a regular case u/s 7, 7A, 8 of PC Act (As amended in 2018) read with Section 61(2) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against (i) Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh, Director of M/s Sangam Engineering, Singrauli (M.P.); (ii) Lt Colonel Basant Kumar Singh(Retd), Manager (Admin), NCL, Singrauli, (iii) Mr. Subedar Ojha, Manager(Secretariat),NCL, Singrauli; (iv) Mr. Diwesh Singh, private person (associate of Mr. Ravi Shankar Singh); (v) Mr. Joy Joseph Damle, Dy.SP, CBI, ACB, Jabalpur, other officials and unknown others.
Searches were conducted at several places in Singrauli, Jabalpur and Noida. During searches, huge amount of cash, digital devices and several incriminating documents have been recovered.
Investigation of the case is in progress.
