Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe CBI on Tuesday arrested two officials belonging to the Karipur office of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), who are the accused in the Karipur runway widening scam amounting to the tune of Rs 50 lakh. The arrested are Airport Senior Manager Prakash Kachinger and Civil Engineering Department Manager N Sreedhar. The CBI had arrested B R Arora and M P Madhu Nair, directors of Arora and Associates in New Delhi. The company had won the contract for the runway construction. The CBI on Tuesday produced the accused before the court and Judge S Vijayakumar remanded the duo in CBI custody for four days. The CBI found that the officials of the Karipur office of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had hatched a conspiracy with Arora and Associates to cheat the government by preparing and producing forged invoices of IOC, Cochin, showing the supply of bitumen to the company.The company prepared false invoices of the IOC and submitted them to the Airports Authority, along with the bills for strengthening the runway. The airport officials, who were aware of the forgery, made stock entries of bitumen and released orders accordingly for the construction work. The bills were passed by the airport officials and the payment was released, causing a loss to the tune of Rs 53,06,578 to the Union Government. “As many as 26 forged invoices of IOC, Manali, and 11 invoices of IOC, Cochin, were submitted to the AAI office in Karipur, for about 504 MT of bitumen amounting to approximately Rs 1.8 crore,” the CBI said. The AAI had awarded the work to Arora and Associates on January 19, 2007. The amount earmarked for the work was Rs 17.32 crore.CBI official J R D’Cruz submitted that the investigation is at a crucial stage, and several important witnesses from New Delhi will be examined.first published:September 05, 2012, 11:25 ISTlast updated:September 05, 2012, 11:25 IST
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The CBI on Tuesday arrested two officials belonging to the Karipur office of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), who are the accused in the Karipur runway widening scam amounting to the tune of Rs 50 lakh. The arrested are Airport Senior Manager Prakash Kachinger and Civil Engineering Department Manager N Sreedhar. The CBI had arrested B R Arora and M P Madhu Nair, directors of Arora and Associates in New Delhi. The company had won the contract for the runway construction. The CBI on Tuesday produced the accused before the court and Judge S Vijayakumar remanded the duo in CBI custody for four days. The CBI found that the officials of the Karipur office of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had hatched a conspiracy with Arora and Associates to cheat the government by preparing and producing forged invoices of IOC, Cochin, showing the supply of bitumen to the company.The company prepared false invoices of the IOC and submitted them to the Airports Authority, along with the bills for strengthening the runway. The airport officials, who were aware of the forgery, made stock entries of bitumen and released orders accordingly for the construction work.
The bills were passed by the airport officials and the payment was released, causing a loss to the tune of Rs 53,06,578 to the Union Government. “As many as 26 forged invoices of IOC, Manali, and 11 invoices of IOC, Cochin, were submitted to the AAI office in Karipur, for about 504 MT of bitumen amounting to approximately Rs 1.8 crore,” the CBI said. The AAI had awarded the work to Arora and Associates on January 19, 2007. The amount earmarked for the work was Rs 17.32 crore.CBI official J R D’Cruz submitted that the investigation is at a crucial stage, and several important witnesses from New Delhi will be examined.
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