Graft case filed against Gun Carriage Factory officials

Case has been registered against the officials for alleged corruption in providing undue pecuniary favours to two companies

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against three officials of the Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur, for alleged corruption in providing undue pecuniary favours to two companies who have been made accused in the first information report (FIR).

CBI sources said case has been registered against R K Sagar, additional general manager (general stores), R K Tiwari, joint general manager (central planning), P L Thakur, assistant works manager (stores) and J P Patel, one shop floor in-charge, all from the Gun Carriage Factory.

Two companies Sukhdev Engineering and Aggarwal Enterprises based in Adhartal Industrial Area have also been named as accused in the FIR filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section of criminal conspiracy and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act, they said.

"It was alleged that accused public servants in conspiracy with private companies were falsely showing receipt of labour job items related with ammunition boxes and illegally over drawing items from stores to provide undue pecuniary favours to the accused private companies. A loss of about Rs 55 lakh was allegedly caused during the period April, 2012 to September, 2014," a CBI spokesperson said here on Wednesday.

She said searches were conducted at nine places in Jabalpur. "During searches, investment papers regarding two plots in Jabalpur, one plot in Dehradun, one house in Lucknow, one flat in Kanpur and one flat in Noida and various incriminating documents have been found," she said.