The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 16 conducted searches at 25 locations, as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged fraud case involving 21 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) officials.
CBI Books 21 BSNL Officials
The CBI has registered an FIR against the accused officials of BSNL Assam Circle, including a deputy general manager, assistant general manager, and chief accounts officer in various locations such as Jorhat, Sivasagar, Guwahati and other places.
The accused officials are suspected of colluding with a contractor to deceive the government-run BSNL. A conspiracy was formed, whereby the officials granted a work order to the contractor for laying National Optical Fibre Network Cable.
The contractor allegedly made various pleas, claiming a lack of right of way from the owner of private land, and proposed converting the open trenching method to the horizontal directional drilling method.
”After the registration of the FIR recently, the CBI conducted searches at 25 locations, including the offices and residences of the accused in Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, and Haryana,” the CBI spokesperson stated.
