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CBI nabs government officials accepting bribe to clear NOC for construction company

CBI has also arrested an employees of the constructioin company and another private firm acting as middleman

Abhay Parashar Reported by: Abhay Parashar @abhayparashar Chandigarh Updated on: June 01, 2019 16:56 IST
CBI areests Chandigarh deputy labour commissioner
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Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Chandigarh's deputy chief labour commisisoner, labour enforcement officer and three others in a bribery case. 

Labour Enforcement Officer Vivek Naik is accused of accepting bribe on behalf of Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner Mahesh Chand Sharma from Gurmeet Sidhu, Manish Garg ( of HR Solutions, Bhatinda). There are allegations that the government officials were accepting bribes to award NOC to Nagarjuma Construction Company. Akhdanraj Singh, an employee of the construction company is among the arrested. The bribe amounted to Rs 1,30,000

Investigations have revealed that the private company, under the garb of being an "HR Solutions' company was acting as a middleman between construction contractors and the government officials.

The CBI has closing in on the accused in this matter. CBI officials have conducted raids at office and residences of the accused. The agency has seized a number of documents which will come in handy to implicate those who are arrested. The accused are due to be presented in Mohali court on Saturday.

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