CBI Books 8 HAL Officials for Corruption, Criminal Conspiracy
A case has been registered under 6 sections of IPC, including criminal conspiracy and forgery of valuable security.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday, 24 October, registered a case against eight employees of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for cheating the company of Rs 5 crore, NDTV reported.
This came a day after the 1986-batch Odisha cadre IPS Officer M Nageshwar Rao took over as the new CBI director.
According to the preliminary information, a case has been registered under sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 409 (breach of trust), 420 (cheating and forgery), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating),and 471 (forged documents used) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
As per a complaint registered on 10 October, a half-yearly audit, conducted earlier in the month, revealed that select payments made against certain vouchers were carried out without any supporting documents, bills, invoices or work orders, ANI reported.
It has been highlighted that an officer, in collusion with select contractors, had forged official documents and fraudulently misappropriated funds over Rs 5 crore and cheated HAL "with criminal and ulterior motive for his own benefits”.
(This is a developing story, more details are awaited.)
(With inputs from ANI)
(At The Quint, we are answerable only to our audience. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member. Because the truth is worth it.)