Mumbai, Jul 4: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a serving brigadier Anuj Kainthlaon charge of allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 7.5 lakhs in a military canteen scam.
CBI's anti-corruption branch in Mumbai had registered a case against the officials of Canteen Stores Department of the defence services and a company named Sankalp for entering into what it called a "criminal conspiracy" to manipulate the demandfor various CSD (Canteen Store Dept) items in favour of Sankalp.
A press release said, CSD officials allegedly favoured Sankalp at various stages such as introduction of new items, price revision, delayed and excess supply, demand creation, artificial budget allocation etc.
CBI alleged that the company Sankalp paid illegal gratification to several CSD officials through one Milind Govilkar.
During the investigation, the CBI found that Brigadier Anuj Kainthla, Joint General Manager - I also had accepted Rs. 7.5 lakhs from Sankalp for taking favourable decision at various stages such as introduction of items, price revision, and issue of supply orders.
The brigadier has been arrested by CBI on July 2. The press released alleged that the brigadier invested ill-gotten money in real estate at Panchkula.
Brig Kainthla was produced before a court on Tuesday and has been sent on CBI remand till July 5.
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